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Emergency Management of Hyperkalemia in Adults
Assess Patient - Airway Breathing Circulation Disability Exposure (ABCDE) Approach
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Emergency Management ... Exposure (ABCDE) Approach ... mmol/L - Consider cause ... Monitor K+ and Blood ... #management #algorithm
Medications for the Treatment of Hyperkalemia
The goals of acute treatment are to prevent potentially life-threatening cardiac
uncommon, a cautious approach ... Figure 3 is an algorithm ... for the management ... #Management #Medications ... Treatment
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Hyperkalemia Management Algorithm
 • Treat the cause & optimize hemodynamics and ventilation
 • Reconsider treatment leadingto
Hyperkalemia Management ... Algorithm • Treat ... the cause & optimize ... #Management #Algorithm ... #treatment #potassium
STAGES of CHF (A, B, C, D), however, describe the severity of structural abnormalities that impair
system to circulate blood ... flare ups that cause ... Treatments may include ... #Management #Cardiology ... Stages #ACCAHA #Algorithm
Flowchart to diuretic use in acute heart failure.

(A) Congestion with volume overload. 

(B) Treatment algorithm after
(B) Treatment algorithm ... BP, blood pressure ... diuresis following a single ... Diuretic #Diuresis #CHF ... HeartFailure #Cardiology #Management
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management Summary

Causes of Rhabdomyolysis:
 • Trauma:
	- Immobilization
	- Crush injury
	- Compartment
Framework and Management ... Summary Causes ... UA positive for blood ... Monitor potassium ... #causes #treatment
Hyperkalemia - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

S/Sx: Most pts asymptomatic. Weakness, cramping, nausea, paresthesias, palpitations,
and Management ... Weakness, cramping, nausea ... Na delivery): CHF ... only if no clear cause ... #Treatment #potassium
Blood Product Transfusions One Pager Summary
Type and screen - determines blood type and detects in recipient
patients with CHF ... Hypocalcemia, Hyperkalemia ... potassium from ... Transfusions #diagnosis #management ... #hematology #reactions
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)

What?
Myelodysplastic syndromes are a group of disorders caused by blood cells that are poorly
skin that are caused ... factor (GCSF) treatments ... syndromes with single-lineage ... factors (examples: G-CSF ... Syndromes #diagnosis #hematology
Blood Transfusion Reactions

Immune Mediated:
 • Febrile Non-Hemolytic Transfusion Reaction (FNHTR): Most common immune reaction to transfusion.
patients with CHF ... Hypocalcemia, Hyperkalemia ... potassium from ... Transfusion #diagnosis #management ... #hematology #reactions