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Hypokalemia Evaluation Algorithm

Before evaluating hypokalemia, life threatening complications such as arrhythmias and paralysis should be looked
Algorithm Before ... wasting from other causes ... #diagnosis #Algorithm ... #differential # ... potassium #nephrology
Premature Ventricular Complexes (PVC's) - Summary Framework

Why PVCs?  Can be the first manifestation of cardiac
heart disease Causes ... Hypomagnesemia • Hypokalemia ... may not occur Differential ... PVC #diagnosis #differential ... #cardiology
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management Summary

Causes of Rhabdomyolysis:
 • Trauma:
	- Immobilization
	- Crush injury
	- Compartment
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential ... Management Summary Causes ... - Fever - Tachycardia ... ) • AKI: BUN/Cr ... #treatment #nephrology
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
Palpitations - Differential ... exam • 12-lead ECG ... Hypoglycemia • Hypovolemia ... #Palpitations #Cardiology ... #Differential #
Causes of Syncope - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac - Arrhythmia:
 • Tachyarrhythmia
 • Bradyarrhythmia
 • Supraventricular Tachycardia
Causes of Syncope ... - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Supraventricular Tachycardia ... Dehydration • Hypovolemia
Causes of Hyperkalemia - Intercellular Shift - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Transcellular Shift - Appropriate renal excretion (GFR,
Causes of Hyperkalemia ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Cell Lysis (e.g ... IntercellularShift #Nephrology ... #Causes
Causes of Hyperkalemia - Reduced Excretion - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Reduced flow through distal nephron - TTKG
Causes of Hyperkalemia ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Low EABV (e.g ... IntercellularShift #Nephrology ... #Causes
Causes of ST Segment Elevation - Differential Diagnosis Framework

STEMI:
 • Upsloping convex STE: "Pardee's sign" +
Causes of ST Segment ... block; and sinus tachycardia ... Disorders: • Hyperkalemia ... #diagnosis #cardiology ... #ecg #ekg #electrocardiogram
Pragmatic diagnostic algorithm for hypokalemia. 
***Typical presentations: 
 • Vomiting: urine Na/Cl > 1.6, low urine
Pragmatic diagnostic algorithm ... K/creatinine (Cr ... continued in most cases ... #diagnosis #differential ... #algorithm #nephrology
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy (PPCM)

What is PPCM?
• A form of acute systolic heart failure that develops late in
, selenium) Differential ... cardiomyopathy • Tachycardia-induced ... Nonspecific: sinus tachycardia ... congestion on a CXR ... Cardiomyopathy #Cardiology