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Treatment algorithm for malignancy-associated hypercalcemia.
Hypercalcemia
 - Renal Failure → Dialysis with low Ca++ bath
Aggressive IV hydration
Treatment algorithm ... malignancy-associated hypercalcemia ... Hypercalcemia - ... Volume Overload → Loop ... #Treatment #algorithm
Treatment algorithm for malignancy-associated hypercalcemia
 • Aggressive IV hydration
 • IV Bisphosphonate +/- Calcitonin
 • Renal
Treatment algorithm ... malignancy-associated hypercalcemia ... Volume overload: Loop ... #treatment #management ... #algorithm #malignancy
Algorithm for Management of Acute and Chronic Hyperkalemia
Acute Hyperkalemia:
 - IV calcium (10 mL of 10%)
Algorithm for Management ... Acute Hyperkalemia ... diuretic therapy (loop ... #Algorithm #Management ... Acute #Chronic #treatment
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
This becomes a flawed ... extraction is so ... #diagnosis #algorithm ... #criticalcare #foamed ... #treatment
There are similarities and differences between these 3 conditions which all carry treatment implications. Each mimic
which all carry treatment ... appropriate to do so ... #differential #algorithm ... #management #treatment ... #criticalcare #foamed
Summary of Oncologic Emergencies

Neutropenic fever:
- Fever + ANC < 500 → start cefepime ± vancomycin (if
plasmapheresis Hypercalcemia ... → no immediate treatment ... Adjuncts: loop diuretics ... after CRS) - Treatment ... pulmonary opacities, SOB
The crusade against “Ab”Normal Saline continues.  This is a non-physiologic fluid that can harm our
charge of its own so ... the ECF causes Hyperkalemia ... #foamed #criticalcare ... management #diagnosis #treatment