Digoxin overdose: clinical features and management
Digoxin is a digitalis glycoside extracted from the leaves of the plant Digitalis...
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Digoxin is a digitalis glycoside extracted from the leaves of the plant Digitalis...
This is the first of a two-part research paper which sought to establish what the...
Nicola Bates discusses the problems in the treatment of overdose of two drugs...
The concept of vulnerability is commonly used in the health care setting, though it...
It has been suggested that a large number of patients attending A&E...
Telemedicine is a new technology, and so it is important to incorporate prompts in...
Increasing pressures on the NHS, and emergency services in particular, have forced...
Malaria is caused by infection with protozoan parasites of the Plasmodia genus; the...
This is a case study of a young child who was brought to the A&E department...
In our paediatric A&E department we use a tympanic membrane thermometer (...
Theophylline is a naturally occurring methylxanthine, belonging to the same family...
Following years of uncertainty with the legality of administering medication under...
The nature of emergency departments is the unpredictability of the workload coming...
Many patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) present to A&...
The use of thrombolytic therapy is currently a major aspect of the care of patients...
There are many types of batteries designed to meet the individual power...
Hypothermia is defined as a condition in which the core of the body is less than 35...