Thursday, September 26, 2013

EMERGENCIES ALL SHOULD KNOW:ANGIOEDEMA

ANGIOEDEMA.
Laryngeal edema from angioedema can progress rapidly and cause an immediate life-threatening emergency. In these cases, a definitive airway, such as an endotracheal tube or nasopharyngeal airway, should be established.Treatment with epinephrine, histamine blockers, and steroids should also be initiated. 
The most skilled person available must handle airway interventions because of the often massive degree of oral obstruction that is involved.
  Intravenous epinephrine (1:10,000) should be used in patients who demonstrate upper airway obstruction, acute respiratory failure, or shock.Aerosolized epinephrine may also be used to help with obstructed airway.An immunologist may be of benefit when dealing with difficult cases in patients with an unknown history of angioedema. 




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ANGINA PECTORIS
AORTIC DISSECTION
ARRHYTHMIAS
HYPERTENSIVE CRISIS
HYPOTENSION
BRONCHOSPASM
FOREIGN BODY(AIRWAY)
EPISTAXIS
HYPOGLYCEMIA
ACUTE PAIN ABDOMEN
HAEMETEMESIS
THROMBOSED,PAINFUL PILES
ACUTE TUBULAR NECROSIS
PARAPHIMOSIS
TESTICULAR TORSION
TRAUMA
RENAL COLIC
PRIAPISM
ACUTE URINE RETENSION
SEVERE PALLOR
ABSCESS
ANIMAL BITES
POISONING
BURNS
SEIZURES
PARALYTIC STROKE
ANY PREGNANCY RELATED EVENT
SUDDEN LOSS OR IMPAIRMENT OF VISION
SUDDEN HEAD ACHE AND VOMITING
HIGH GRADE FEVER
NON-RESPONSIVENESS
VIOLENT BEHAVIOUR
SUDDEN CALF PAIN
SEVERE BREATHLESSNESS


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