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Hyperkalemia Treatment Options
Stabilize cardiac membrane:
 • IV Calcium (peaks 5-10 minutes)
Decrease potassium concentration:
 • IV Fluids
Shift
Options Stabilize cardiac ... minutes) Decrease potassium ... Fluids Shift potassium ... #Hyperkalemia #management ... #potassium #nephrology
Electrolyte Repletion
Potassium 
  - ref range 3.5-4.5
  - if acute MI, cardiac conditions >4.5
Electrolyte Repletion Potassium ... 3.5-4.5 - if acute ... MI, cardiac conditions ... CAD or active cardiac ... Electrolyte #Repletion #management
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Acute Kidney Injury ... - AKI Workup Algorithm ... imaging #Acute ... #Injury #AKI #Workup ... Differential #Diagnosis #nephrology
Management of Pediatric Kidney Stones
Acute Managment:
 • Pain relief: NSAIDs, opioids
 • Facilitating passage of stone:
Management of Pediatric ... Kidney Stones Acute ... Managment: • Pain ... Surgical Rx: • ACUTE ... #Pediatrics #nephrology
Tumor Lysis Syndrome - Workup and Management

Initial workup: BMP, Serum uric acid, LDH, Urine output, Consider
Lysis Syndrome - Workup ... and Management ... Initial workup ... ≥ 8 mg/dL • Potassium ... abnormalities • Cardiac
Radiation Injury
Acute Radiation Toxicity primarily affects rapidly dividing cells based on dosage
Hematopoiteic - Pancytopenia, Infection
 •
Radiation Injury Acute ... • Onset Hours Cardio ... CNS - Circuatory collapse ... weapons), consider potassium ... Toxicity #diagnosis #management
Shock - Diagnosis and Management Summary
 • Hypotension: SBP<90, SBP drop >40, MAP<65 (Normotension, HTN possible
Diagnosis and Management ... and Survey 4) Workup ... dilated IVC - Cardiac ... - Pulmonary >> Acute ... Cardiac surgery?
Intraoperative Cardiac Ischaemia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

If the patient is unconscious, signs of cardiac
Intraoperative Cardiac ... unconscious, signs of cardiac ... abnormalities particularly potassium ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management ... #Workup
Disseminated Gonococcal Infection - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Bacteremic spread of the Gram-negative diplococci Neisseria gonorrhoeae. History
Diagnosis and Management ... typically part of the workup ... afebrile • Acute ... gonorrhea #Diagnosis #Management ... #Microbiology #
HEART Score – A Tool For the ED The HEART score is an excellent tool that
with possible Acute ... admission for further workup ... Major Adverse Cardiac ... heart-score-major-cardiac-events ... #Diagnosis #Management