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Hyperkalemia Treatment Options
Stabilize cardiac membrane:
 • IV Calcium (peaks 5-10 minutes)
Decrease potassium concentration:
 • IV Fluids
Shift
Hyperkalemia Treatment ... bicarbonate Potassium excretion
Hyperkalemia Management Algorithm
 • Treat the cause & optimize hemodynamics and ventilation
 • Reconsider treatment leadingto
• Reconsider treatment ... + Shift 3) K+ Excretion ... Management #Algorithm #treatment
Types of Renal Calculi

Calcium oxalate
 - Interstitial apatite plaque, Low urine volume, Increased urinary calcium excretion,
urinary calcium excretion ... urinary calcium excretion ... - Antiviral treatment
Orthostatic Hypotension Management Algorithm
 • Hypovolemic?  Yes → Resuscitate
 • Volume Overloaded? No → Fludrocortisone
sodium and water excretion ... Management #Algorithm #treatment
Clarkson’s Disease - Capillary leak syndrome
Epidemiology: Roughly 150 published cases, Median age 50 years, No sex
urine protein excretion ... gammopathy (IgG+++) Treatments ... • No effective treatment ... pulmonary edema) Treatments ... situations (vaccines, treatment
Hyperkalemia - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

S/Sx: Most pts asymptomatic. Weakness, cramping, nausea, paresthesias, palpitations,
• ↓ Renal K+ Excretion ... suggests ↓ renal excretion ... Stabilization Treatments ... Redistribution Treatments ... Elimination Treatments
Diuretics and Agents Regulating Renal Excretion

Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors (Acetazolamide, Dichlorphenamide)
 • Glaucoma
 • Epilepsy
 • Altitude
Regulating Renal Excretion ... Tolvaptan) • Treatment ... Diuretics #Renal #Excretion
POTS (Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome) - Management
Activity:
 • Exercise training
 • Avoidance of deconditioning
Volume Expansion:
 •
mineralocorticoid: ↓ Na+ excretion ... Syndrome #Management #treatment
Pharmacologic Options for Hypercalcemia Associated with Cancer
Rehydration with NS followed by loop diuretics
 • IV normal
GFR and renal excretion ... management #drugs #treatment
Pituitary Mass Effects - Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
 • Pituitary turnors are almost always a benign
adenomas that require treatment ... order (with the exception