Therapeutic Handbook - GGC Prescribing

Hyoscine butylbromideIn palliative care........................................................... 321Hyoscine hydrobromideIn palliative care........................................................... 321HypercalcaemiaManagement of............................................................ 304HyperkalaemiaManagement of............................................................ 296HypernatraemiaManagement of............................................................ 308Hyperosmolar Non-Ketotic Coma (HONC)Diagnosis of................................................................. 279Management of............................................................ 279HyperphosphataemiaIn Tumour Lysis Syndrome.......................................... 335HypertensionManagement of............................................................ 116HypocalcaemiaManagement of............................................................ 306HypoglycaemiaIn Acute Liver Failure..................................................... 63Management of............................................................ 289Management of diabetics on enteral feeds.................. 285Symptoms of................................................................ 288HypokalaemiaManagement of............................................................ 298HypomagnesaemiaManagement of............................................................ 300HyponatraemiaManagement of............................................................ 307HypophosphataemiaManagement of............................................................ 302IIbuprofenSee NSAIDsImipenemAlert Antibiotic Policy.................................................... 209Immunisation scheduleIn patients with absent / non-functioning spleen.......... 256Immunocompromised patientsTreatment of infection.................................................. 215Treatment of neutropenic sepsis.................................. 214Treatment of varicella / herpes zoster.......................... 251Immunoglobulins.............................................................. 347IndigestionManagement of.............................................................. 44InfectionsSepsis definition........................................................... 211Infections, treatmentIn immunocompromised patient........................... 214, 215In lower RTI.................................................................. 230Of biliary tract infection................................................. 237Of bite........................................................................... 244Of bone and joint infection........................................... 245Of cellulitis / erysipelas................................................. 241Of CNS......................................................................... 246Of community acquired sepsis..................................... 212Of diabetic foot osteomyelitis....................................... 245Of encephalitis............................................................. 250Of endocarditis (native heart valve)............................. 216Of endocarditits (prosthetic heart valve)...................... 217Of gastroenteritis.......................................................... 238Of genito-urinary infections.......................................... 252Of herpes............................................................. 250, 251Of infective brain abscess............................................ 249Of infective leg ulcers................................................... 243Of intra-abdominal sepsis (post-op)............................. 237Of intra-abdominal sepsis (suspected)......................... 236Of meningitis (bacterial)............................................... 247Of meningitis (viral)...................................................... 250Of MRSA (topical)........................................................ 211Of neutropenic sepsis.................................................. 214Of osteomyelitis............................................................ 245Of peri-anal infection.................................................... 244Of peritonitis................................................................. 236Of pneumonia (aspiration)............................................ 235Of pneumonia, community acquired.................... 232, 233Of pneumonia, hospital acquired................................. 234Of prosthetic joint infection........................................... 245Of S. aureus bacteraemia............................................ 213Of sepsis, immunocompromised patients.................... 215Of sepsis, source unknown,not immunocompromised..................................... 212, 213Of septic arthritis.......................................................... 245Of skin and soft tissue.................................................. 241Of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis............................. 238Of suspected necrotising fasciitis................................. 243Of upper RTI................................................................ 226Of UTI in women (not pregnant)........................... 219, 220Of UTI in women (pregnant)................................. 220, 221Of UTI (men)................................................ 222, 223, 224Inflammatory Bowel DiseaseManagement of severe exacerbation............................. 54Influenza vaccineIn patients with absent / non-functioning spleen.......... 256Page 361