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Hyperkalemia Management
Membrane Stabilizers:
 • Calcium gluconate
Shifters:
 • Insulin + glucose
 • Albuterol
Excreters:
 • Furosemide
 • Sodium
Furosemide • Sodium bicarbonate ... Management #Treatment #Potassium
Hyperkalemia Treatment Options
Stabilize cardiac membrane:
 • IV Calcium (peaks 5-10 minutes)
Decrease potassium concentration:
 • IV Fluids
Shift
minutes) Decrease potassium ... Fluids Shift potassium ... minutes) • Sodium bicarbonate ... Potassium excretion ... Hyperkalemia #management #potassium
#IntracellularFluid #ICF #MajorAnions #Phosphate #MajorCations #Potassium #Magnesium #pH7.0 #ExtracellularFluid #ECF #MajorAnions #Chloride #Bicarbonate #MajorCations #Sodium #pH7.4
#MajorCations #Potassium ... MajorAnions #Chloride #Bicarbonate
Acute Hyperkalemia Management
 • Membrane Stabilization: Calcium Gluconate (10%), Hypertonic (3%) Normal Saline
 • Shifters: Insulin
Furosemide, Sodium Bicarbonate ... Management #treatment #potassium
Hyperkalemia - Management Algorithm
 • IV calcium
 • IV insulin and glucose and/or salbutamolt
 • Consider
salbutamolt • Consider bicarbonate ... Dialysis Serum potassium ... #hyperkalemia #potassium
Toluene Poisoning - Diagnosis and Management Summary
What is it?  Volatile hydrocarbon, Glue or paint-sniffing, Occupational
environment • Potassium ... priority • Nb Bicarbonate
Causes of High-anion Gap and Non-anion Gap Metabolic Acidosis
Causes of High-anion Gap Acidosis:
 • Lactic acidosis
Gastrointestinal bicarbonate ... Potassium-sparing ... Loss of potential bicarbonate
KDIGO Treatment algorithm for management of acute hyperkalemia in the emergency department
 • Place on cardiac
salbutamol • Consider bicarbonate ... algorithm #treatment #potassium
Emergent Hyperkalemia Treatment Algorithm
ECG changes, weakness, K+ >6.5 Or renal insufficiency with K >5.5 with cellular
nebulized • Sodium Bicarbonate ... treatment Remove potassium
Hyperkalemia - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

S/Sx: Most pts asymptomatic. Weakness, cramping, nausea, paresthesias, palpitations,
22) or isotonic bicarbonate ... bradycardia • Isotonic Bicarbonate ... Management #Treatment #potassium