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Emergency Management of Hyperkalemia in Adults
Assess Patient - Airway Breathing Circulation Disability Exposure (ABCDE) Approach
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Emergency Management ... mmol/L - Consider cause ... Treatment guided by clinical ... scenario, ECG and ... #management #algorithm
Checklist Approach to Hypokalemia

Consider risk factors for arrhythmia:
 - EKG changes (especially QT prolongation)
 - Digoxin
arrhythmia: - EKG ... their validity (e.g ... incongruous with clinical ... context & EKG) ... #Management #CriticalCare
Hyperkalemia - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

S/Sx: Most pts asymptomatic. Weakness, cramping, nausea, paresthesias, palpitations,
and Management ... Weakness, cramping, nausea ... heparinized tube) • ECG ... only if no clear cause ... Terbutaline 7 µg/kg
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
by excretion (e.g ... its metabolism (e.g ... of lactate as a clinical ... hypoxemia/Sepsis etc ... / hypoxemia -> focus
Cardiomyopathy in setting of Hyperkalemia on POCUS Echocardiogram
Hypotensive, suspected rhabo, ECG c/w hyperK.
Normalized post calcium &
in setting of Hyperkalemia ... on POCUS Echocardiogram ... suspected rhabo, ECG ... Nice QA case to ... #clinical #psax
Recurrent Polymorphic VT/Torsades de Pointes - Management Algorithm
Drugs that prolong QT interval:
 • Class 1a (quinidine,
Torsades de Pointes - Management ... Drugs that prolong QT ... Hypomagnesemia • Hypokalemia ... 1b (lidocaine)- case ... TorsadesdePointes #TDP #Management
Cardiac Arrest - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

The probable cause is one or more of: something
• Check ECG rhythm ... POTENTIAL CAUSES ... Hypovolaemia Hypo/hyperkalaemia ... toxicity (→ 3-10) Acidosis ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management
The crusade against “Ab”Normal Saline continues.  This is a non-physiologic fluid that can harm our
this post will focus ... leads to Metabolic Acidosis ... Metabolic Acidosis ... causes Hyperkalemia ... #criticalcare #management
CAPD-associated peritonitis (Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis) - 5 Things To Know
Diagnosis (Two of the following):
(1) Clinical
following): (1) Clinical ... intra-abdominal proæss (e.g ... erythema, discharge, etc ... peritonitis #Diagnosis #Management ... #InfectiousDiseases
Invasive Aspergillus (IA) - Diagnosis and Management
Aspergillus is ubiquitous in nature. Most invasive infections are caused
Diagnosis and Management ... infections are caused ... immunosuppression (eg ... HIV/AIDS, CGD) Clinical ... treatment #fungal #infectiousdiseases