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Emergency Management of Hyperkalemia in Adults
Assess Patient - Airway Breathing Circulation Disability Exposure (ABCDE) Approach
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mmol/L - Consider cause ... Insulin–Glucose IV Infusion ... Resonium • Consider Dialysis ... Prevention - Consider cause ... #management #algorithm
Causes of Pleural Effusion - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Transudate - Hydrostatic
 • Congestive heart failure
 • Constrictive
Causes of Pleural ... Effusion - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Peritoneal dialysis ... syndrome • Post-CABG
Hyperkalemia - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

S/Sx: Most pts asymptomatic. Weakness, cramping, nausea, paresthesias, palpitations,
Weakness, cramping, nausea ... diuretics, Saline infusion ... hyperK periodic paralysis ... (Assess GFR), ±VBG ... only if no clear cause
The crusade against “Ab”Normal Saline continues.  This is a non-physiologic fluid that can harm our
crusade against “Ab ... K+ in the ECF causes ... Hyperkalemia, a ... possibly requiring dialysis ... blood flow and perfusion