A practical guide to the management of medical emergencies - part 2 pot
A practical guide to the management of medical emergencies - part 2 pot
... 99 Arterial blood gases, oxygen saturation and oxygen therapy Feature Comment Respiratory failure Arterial hypoxemia is defi ned as an arterial PO 2 <10.7 kPa, and respiratory failure as an ... reading American Academy of Clinical Toxicology, European Association of Poisons Centres and Clinical Toxicologists. Position paper: gastric lavage. Clin Toxicol 20 04; 42: 933–43. American...
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A practical guide to the management of medical emergencies - part 1 ppt
... frequent/severe • Associated cardiac disease 38 COMMON PRESENTATIONS Narrow complex tachycardia TABLE 6.3 Intravenous therapy to terminate supraventricular tachycardia (AV nodal re-entrant tachycardia and AV ... edition 20 08 1 20 08 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Sprigings, David. Acute medicine : a practical guide to the management of medical emer...
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... microscopy Further reading American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association. Guidelines for the management of patients with valvular heart disease (20 06). American College of Car- diology ... colchicine NSAID, non-steroidal anti-infl ammatory drug. CHAPTER 34 22 3 Severe hypertension Cause Clues/investigation Coarctation of aorta Radiofemoral delay Coarctation demon...
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A practical guide to the management of medical emergencies - part 5 docx
... drainage of the effusion, as the presence of pleural fl uid enhances the diagnostic accuracy of the scan. Pneumonia (1): community-acquired pneumonia CHAPTER 41 27 5 TABLE 41.8 Causes of failure ... needed to allow suctioning of the airway and adequate ventilation • Put in a large-bore IV cannula and take blood for urgent cross-match and other investigation (Table...
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A practical guide to the management of medical emergencies - part 6 doc
... after a generalized fi t TABLE 55 .2 Was it a fi t or syncope? Features differentiating a generalized fi t from vasovagal and cardiac syncope (Stokes–Adams attack) Feature Generalized fi t Vasovagal ... Causes of raised intracranial pressure Pathophysiology Examples Localized mass lesion Traumatic hematoma Neoplasm Brain abscess Focal edema secondary to trauma, infarction or neopl...
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A practical guide to the management of medical emergencies - part 7 pdf
... transjugular liver biopsy ALF, acute liver failure; ALT, alanine aminotransferase; AST, aspartate aminotransferase; IVC, inferior vena cava. CHAPTER 67 433 Diabetic ketoacidosis TABLE 67.4 Potassium ... transaminase, gamma-glutamyl transferase, alkaline phosphatase, albumin • Amylase and lipase • Paracetamol level if unexplained acute liver failure or paracetamol poisoning is suspected •...
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A practical guide to the management of medical emergencies - part 8 ppt
... electrophoresis MCV <75 fl in beta-thalassemia normal in alpha- trait thalassemia trait and abnormal in beta- thalassemia trait and other thalassemia syndromes Continued CHAPTER 74 471 Cellulitis Disorder ... and beta-lactam antibiotics. Also seen in advanced renal failure and myelodysplasia Coagulation factor See Table 78.6 defi ciency or inhibitor Acquired inhibitors are antibodies...
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A practical guide to the management of medical emergencies - part 9 doc
... ciencies Musculoskeletal Myopathy Fractures Hematological Macrocytosis Anemia Thrombocytopenia Leucopenia TABLE 87.3 Management of alcohol withdrawal syndrome and Wernicke encephalopathy Problem Features Management Alcohol ... expert advice from an infectious diseases physician or neurologist. CHAPTER 90 579 Palliative care TABLE 90 .2 Management of cancer pain: analgesia • D...
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The official guide to the toefl ibt third edition part 2 potx
... different parts of the TOEFL iBT, along with general test-taking suggestions. b Chapters 2, 3, 4, and 5 provide in-depth discussions of the kinds of ques- tions that appear in each part of the TOEFL ... scores. The TOEFL Test — The Test That Takes You Farther Undergraduate, graduate, and postgraduate programs around the world require students to demonstrate their abil...
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