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Diuretic Strategy and Decongestion in Heart Failure

…congestion, systemic venous hypertension, and peripheral interstitial edema. These abnormalities produce breathlessness, orthopnea, weight gain, peripheral edema, early satiety, abdominal distension and, in some patients…

Atrial fibrillation: quick reference for emergency management

Kardiologi Lathundar Three questions determine the management: is the patient unstable, how long has the fibrillation lasted, and does the patient need an anticoagulant? The…

Poisoning: quick reference for antidotes and initial management

…treatment protocols that are available where you practise. Initial management of all poisonings ABCDE Step Assessment and action : : A Assess the airway, the pharyngeal reflexes…

CME: How dietary fat affects coronary arteries, LDL cholesterol and body weight

…and randomized controlled clinical trials. This knowledge has been translated into remarkable advances in the management of coronary artery disease, as demonstrated in the figure…

Type 2 Diabetes and Cardiovascular Risk Management

…has shown little or no consistent effect on cardiovascular complications in T2DM. Cardiovascular benefit depends substantially on comprehensive risk factor management and, in appropriate patients…

Acute severe asthma in adults: quick reference

Lungmedicin Akutsjukvård Lathundar Immediate management The most dangerous asthma attack is the silent one. A patient who has become calm, quiet in the chest and…

Incretins in Cardiometabolic Medicine: Leveraging GLP-1, GIP, and Glucagon Receptor Agonism for Cardiovascular Risk Reduction

…shift. For decades, the management of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and obesity was siloed, with clinicians focusing primarily on hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) reduction, blood…

Acute stroke and thrombolysis: quick reference

…Document weight, agent, dose, time of the bolus and the blood pressure before administration. 12. Prepare for the monitoring and management of intracranial haemorrhage and…

Anticoagulants: quick reference for dosing, renal adjustment and reversal

…mg twice daily if at least two of: age ≥80 years, weight ≤60 kg, creatinine ≥133 µmol/L Rivaroxaban 20 mg once daily with food…

Intensive care parameters

…within than as figures to strive for. Ventilation In ARDS: a tidal volume of 4–8 mL/kg ideal body weight, a plateau pressure ≤ 30…

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