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Hyperkalemia Management
Membrane Stabilizers:
 • Calcium gluconate
Shifters:
 • Insulin + glucose
 • Albuterol
Excreters:
 • Furosemide
 • Sodium
Definitive: • Hemodialysis ... Management #Treatment #Potassium
Hyperkalemia Treatment Options
Stabilize cardiac membrane:
 • IV Calcium (peaks 5-10 minutes)
Decrease potassium concentration:
 • IV Fluids
Shift
minutes) Decrease potassium ... Fluids Shift potassium ... Sodium bicarbonate Potassium ... 2h) • Blood - Hemodialysis ... Hyperkalemia #management #potassium
Acute Hyperkalemia Management
 • Membrane Stabilization: Calcium Gluconate (10%), Hypertonic (3%) Normal Saline
 • Shifters: Insulin
• Definitive: Hemodialysis ... Management #treatment #potassium
Hyperkalemia management algorithm 2023-2024 based on UKKA and KDIGO guidelines.

#hyperkalemia #electrolytes #algorithm #emergency #management

Notes:

(1) Up to
) I've added a potassium ... must be done in hemodialysis ... patients with potassium
Uremic Frost in End-Stage Renal Disease- A 39-year-old man with end-stage renal disease presented to the
attending his regular hemodialysis ... per liter, and a potassium ... underwent immediate hemodialysis ... locations where hemodialysis ... resumed regular hemodialysis
Emergent Hyperkalemia Treatment Algorithm
ECG changes, weakness, K+ >6.5 Or renal insufficiency with K >5.5 with cellular
treatment Remove potassium ... • Hemodialysis
Hyperkalemia - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

S/Sx: Most pts asymptomatic. Weakness, cramping, nausea, paresthesias, palpitations,
25.2 g/d PO) • Hemodialysis ... Management #Treatment #potassium
I STUMBLED Mnemonic = Drugs/Toxins Removed by Hemodialysis
I = INH, Isopropyl alcohol
S = Salicyclates
T = Theophylline,
Toxins Removed by Hemodialysis ... toxicology #Removed #Hemodialysis
Checklist Approach to Hypokalemia

Consider risk factors for arrhythmia:
 - EKG changes (especially QT prolongation)
 - Digoxin
safely, whereas potassium ... Consider target potassium ... Enteral potassium ... function & estimated potassiurn ... Intravenous potassium
ECG Changes with Potassium Imbalance
 - Normokalemia
 - Hypokalemia
 - Hyperkalemia

#Hypokalemia #Hyperkalemia #ECG #potassium #cardiology #ekg
ECG Changes with Potassium ... Hyperkalemia #ECG #potassium