18 results
Hyperkalemia: Diagnostic algorithm
Decreased renal potassium excretion
 • Acute renal failure
 • Chronic renal failure
 • Drugs
Increased
Hyperkalemia: Diagnostic algorithm ... Normal, Renin High ... hypoplasia Aldosterone high ... uropathy • Sickle-cell ... Hyperkalemia #Diagnosis #algorithm
Intraoperative Cardiac Ischaemia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

If the patient is unconscious, signs of cardiac
Have a high index ... ischaemia ❶ Call ... abnormalities particularly potassium ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia ... Diagnosis #Management #Workup
Hyperkalemia Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
R/O Pseudo-hyperkalemia:
 • Possible Lab error! Alwavs Repeat Blood sample!
 • Leukocytosis, Thrombocytosis:
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Thrombocytosis: cells ... TTKG should be high ... 7) - principal cells ... #causes #potassium
Can’t Intubate, Can’t Oxygenate (CICO) - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
This is the last resort when
device or nasal high ... Declare CICO and call ... ENT, ICU). ❹ Call ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia ... Diagnosis #Management #Workup
An intuitive way to use ultrasound to evaluate sick patients along the peri-shock to full shock
I call it, “Think ... High or Think Low ... #Diagnosis #POCUS ... Evaluation #Protocol #Algorithm ... #High #Chest #Cardiogenic
An intuitive way to use ultrasound to evaluate sick patients along the peri-shock to full shock
I call it, “Think ... High or Think Low ... #Diagnosis #POCUS ... Evaluation #Protocol #Algorithm
Algorithm for patients with hypokalemia on the basis of the potassium-to-creatinine ratio in the urine
Urine K+
Algorithm for patients ... the basis of the potassium-to-creatinine ... creatinine) • Cell ... hypokalemia #urine #potassium ... #differential #algorithm
Anemia Diagnostic Algorithm

Mean corpuscular (cell) volume (MCV): Average RBC size. Under 80 = microcytic. Between 80-95
Anemia Diagnostic Algorithm ... Mean corpuscular (cell ... Red cell distribution ... High in acute blood ... #Diagnosis #Workup
Hypotension - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Hypotension is commonly due to unnecessarily deep anaesthesia, the autonomic
• Exclude high ... causes in Box E and call ... Pneumothorax and/or high ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia ... Diagnosis #Management #Workup
Digoxin Pharmacology and Pathophysiology
1) Na/K ATPase Pump - Digoxin works by directly binding to and inhibiting
Pump - Digoxin works ... pumped outside the cell ... Hyperkalemia (high ... potassium levels ... from entering the cell