Does standardized electrolyte supplementation and fluid management improve survival during amphotericin therapy for cryptococcal meningitis in resource-limited settings?
Improved survival was seen in a resource-limited setting with proactive fluid and electrolyte management (K(+), Mg(2+)), as part of comprehensive amphotericin-based cryptococcal therapy.
In principle the independent psychiatrist nearly always signs a medical certificate if the clinician treating the patient had requested a court authorisation. Factors that might help to reduce the number of court authorisations are better and earlier use of intensive care services, improved management or the deployment of legal restraints to prevent danger.