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Hyperkalemia Management
Pseudohyperkalemia: 1. Hemolyzed sample 2. Blood drawn from a site/line where potassium or TPN is
Hyperkalemia Management ... EKG to assess cardiac ... Order calcium to stabilize ... #Management #treatment ... #potassium #high
KDIGO Treatment algorithm for management of acute hyperkalemia in the emergency department
 • Place on cardiac
KDIGO Treatment ... of acute hyperkalemia ... in the emergency ... department • Place on cardiac ... #high #nephrology
Heat Illnesses and Heat Stroke - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Heat Cramps:
 • Muscle pain or spasm -
Heat Stroke - Differential ... maintain adequate cardiac ... High body temperatures ... Hypocalcemia - Hyperkalemia ... heat #illness #differential
Aortic Dissection Pearls
Aortic dissection is caused by a tear in the tunica intima, the innermost layer
Assess for high ... disease • Cardiac ... Pulse deficit/differential ... deficit • Shock Treatment ... Dissection #diagnosis #management
Premature Ventricular Complexes (PVC's) - Summary Framework

Why PVCs?  Can be the first manifestation of cardiac
manifestation of cardiac ... Hypomagnesemia • Hypokalemia ... percent PVCs/day • High ... may not occur Differential ... more intensive treatment
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
nose deformity • Cardiac ... (UPC) ratio • Cardiac ... o infection • Echocardiogram ... #diagnosis #management ... #treatment
Diuretics and Agents Regulating Renal Excretion

Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors (Acetazolamide, Dichlorphenamide)
 • Glaucoma
 • Epilepsy
 • Altitude
irrigation • Management ... Loop Diuretics; High-Ceiling ... Hyponatremia • Hypercalcemia ... • Bleeding • Cardiac ... Tolvaptan) • Treatment
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
thrombosis, VTE) • Cardiac ... Behcet disease) Differential ... Arthritis, AS Treatment ... exacerbations: high-dose ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
resting cardiac ... extraction is so high ... algorithm #cardiology #echocardiogram ... #management #clinical ... criticalcare #foamed #treatment
Blood Transfusion Reactions

Immune Mediated:
 • Febrile Non-Hemolytic Transfusion Reaction (FNHTR): Most common immune reaction to transfusion.
inflammatory cytokines in the ... High mortality. ... • Transfusion Cardiac ... Hypocalcemia, Hyperkalemia ... Transfusion #diagnosis #management