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How to reverse warfarin « The Medicine Box
INR > 9.0; bleeding absent, Where there is a low risk of bleeding, cease warfarin therapy, give 2.5–5.0 mg vitamin K orally or 1.0 mg intravenously. ...
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The “fingertip unit” of topical steroids « The Medicine Box
This article was inspired by a comment from Dr Ewen McPhee (a rural GP) who mentioned the use of the “fingertip unit” in the article on topical ...
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Don’t prescribe opiates and benzodiazepines to new patients « The ...
They will have honed the practice of getting opiates and benzos out of doctors to a fine art. I certainly have been duped more than once; and it is going to ...
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Opioid analgesic dose conversions « The Medicine Box
Calculate total dose of opioid analgesia taken over 24 hours;; convert .... paracetamol + low dose NSAID + opiate analgesic + anticonvulsant) can be useful. ...
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How to reverse unfractionated heparin « The Medicine Box
In the case of an emergency, that is, an acute bleed in a patient anticoagulated with heparin, the antidote is protamine sulfate. ...
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How to write a PBS prescription « The Medicine Box
Writing an R/PBS (repatriation/pharmaceutical benefits scheme) presciption (aka “external” script for hospital based JMOs) is easy and simple when you know ...
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The new cervical cancer vaccine « The Medicine Box
The Australian government has approved of a PBS listing for Gardasil for women aged 9 to 26 years of age, after March 2007. If vaccination is required ...
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STI screening tests « The Medicine Box
They should have the same STI tests performed as per above. In addition:. Hepatitis B serology;; hepatitis C serology;; syphilis serology;; HIV serology. ...
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Fluid resuscitation « The Medicine Box
After two 20 mL/kg fluid boluses in children, or 2 litres of fluid in ... A comparison of albumin and saline for fluid resuscitation in the ...
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IV fluid therapy in post-operative oliguria « The Medicine Box
If not, give another bolus and continue the rate of fluids at 500 ... to necessarily judge the adequacy of your intravenous fluid therapy ...
