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Confidentiality responsibilities, legal issues in acute medicine
See also delirium Contraindications to NIV Delirium Focused Assessment in Acute Lower GI Bleeding Focused Assessment of the Jaundiced Patient Manifestations of Anaphylaxis and Anaphylactoid Reactions Non-Focal (Global) Neurological Symptoms: Not Attributable to a Focal Area of the Brain and Therefore Very Unlikely to Represent TIA The Critically Ill Patient CURB-65 Score Delirium Focused Assessment in Acute Upper GI Bleeding Focused Assessment of the Patient with Possible Acute Liver Failure Manifestations of Hypoglycaemia See delirium
Congenital lymphoedema
Congenital predispositions Clinical Assessment in Suspected Dissection Causes of Atrioventricular (AV) Block Clinical Scoring in Suspected Acute Aortic Syndrome
Conjunctivitis
conscious patients
Consent concepts, legal issues in acute medicine Aspiration of the Knee Joint Insertion of a Sengstaken-Blakemore Tube Medicolegal Issues in Acute Medicine Valid Consent Arterial Blood Sampling and Cannulation Insertion of an Intercostal Chest Drain Lumbar Puncture The Legal Framework in Which Patients are Treated
See also faecal impaction Causes of Pain in the Patient with Cancer: Other Causes Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment Inflammatory Bowel Disease Flare See faecal impaction Typical Presentations of Acute Vasculitis Adjuvant Analgesics Common Causes of Agitation in Palliative Care and Their Management Delirium Precipitants of Decompensated Chronic Liver Disease Stroke
See also visual Differential Diagnosis of Sudden Persistent Visual Loss Clues to the Poison (1): Clinical and Biochemical Features
Contact allergens Focused Assessment of the Patient with Acute Rash Common Eruptions Seen Acutely in the Emergency Department and in Inpatients
Contact dermatitis Differential Diagnosis of Acute Limb Pain Focused Assessment of the Patient with Acute Rash Common Eruptions Seen Acutely in the Emergency Department and in Inpatients Disorders Which May Be Mistaken for Cellulitis
continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) Cardiogenic Shock Non-Invasive Ventilation in Acute Respiratory Failure Ventilatory Support for Respiratory Failure Due to Cardiogenic Pulmonary Oedema Acute Coronary Syndromes (1): ST-Segment Elevation Drowning Upper Airway Obstruction
Contrast media Acute Kidney Injury Focused Assessment in Acute Kidney Injury Causes of Acute Kidney Injury: Clinical Features, Typical Findings on Examination of the Urine and Confirmatory Tests Monitoring and Supportive Care in Acute Kidney Injury
Coombs-negative haemolytic anaemia
Corneal dystrophies
Coronary angiography Acute Chest Pain Causes of ST-Segment Elevation Other Than Acute Coronary Syndrome Thrombolytic Therapy for Acute Pulmonary Embolism with Shock or Persistent Hypotension Acute Coronary Syndromes (1): ST-Segment Elevation Pulmonary Embolism
coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) Pleural Fluid Analysis: (1) In All Patients; (2) Additional Tests for Exudative Effusions Causes of Exudative Pleural Effusion Risk Criteria Mandating an Invasive Strategy in Non-ST-Elevation Acute Coronary Syndrome
See also acute coronary syndrome; myocardial infarction Acute Coronary Syndromes (2): Non-ST-Segment Elevation CHA(2)DS(2)Vascscore(Estimates the Annual Risk of Stroke or Systemic Thromboembolism in Non-Valvular AF) Focused Assessment of the Patient with Acute Heart Failure or Decompensated Chronic Heart Failure Acute Heart Failure and Decompensated Chronic Heart Failure Disorders Associated with Atrial Fibrillation See myocardial infarction
Cor pulmonade Acute Breathlessness Focused Clinical Assessment in Suspected Acute Exacerbation of COPD Exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
Cortical lesions Diseases Which May Mimic Stroke Anatomical Localization in Neurological Diagnosis Some Atypical Presentations of Stroke
See also hydrocortisone; prednisolone Acute Abdominal Pain - Alerts Causes of Delirium Drugs Causing Visual Symptoms See prednisolone Causes of Acute Severe Abdominal Pain with Shock Delirium See hydrocortisone Urticaria and Angioedema
Cortisol Acute Adrenal Insufficiency - Alerts Short Tetracosactrin (Synacthen) Test Investigation of the Patient with Reduced Conscious Level Urgent Investigation in Suspected Acute Adrenal Insufficiency
Cotrimoxazole Medications Which are Likely Causative Agents in Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis/Stevens-Johnson Syndrome Pneumocystis Jirovecii Pneumonia (PCP): Diagnosis and Management
coughing
COWS
Coxiella burnetii Infective Endocarditis Causes of Blood Culture-Negative Endocarditis Modified Duke Criteria for the Diagnosis of Infective Endocarditis
COX inhibitors Acute Heart Failure and Decompensated Chronic Heart Failure Management of Anticoagulation
See also cardiac arrest; chest compressions background decisions Do Not Attempt Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (DNACPR) 2 See cardiac arrest Ultrasonography in Acute Medicine Cardiac Arrest in Hospital Do Not Attempt Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (DNACPR) 1 ratios 2 See chest compressions
Cranial nerve palsies Bacterial Meningitis Encephalitis Focused Examination in Acute Neurological Disease Pituitary Apoplexy Anatomical Localization in Neurological Diagnosis Clinical Findings in Bacterial Meningitis Focused Assessment of the Patient with Weakness Guillain-Barre Syndrome
creatinine