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Emergency Management of Hyperkalemia in Adults
Assess Patient - Airway Breathing Circulation Disability Exposure (ABCDE) Approach
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Management of Hyperkalemia ... guided by clinical ... Remove K+ from body ... Consider cause of hyperkalaemia ... recurrence #Hyperkalemia
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management Summary

Causes of Rhabdomyolysis:
 • Trauma:
	- Immobilization
	- Crush injury
	- Compartment
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential ... Dermatomyositis Clinical ... • LDH ↑ • Hyperkalemia ... /Late - Hypercalcemia ... Dialysis for severe hyperkalemia
Osborn (J Wave)

Etiology 
• Hypothermia (below 320C / SOOF) 
• Normal variant 
• Hypercalcemia 
• Neurological
Normal variant • Hypercalcemia ... fibrillation Clinical ... JWave #Diagnosis #Differential ... #Cardiology #EKG
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis and Management Summary

Trauma:
 • Immobilization, Crush iniury, Compartment syndrome, Electrical injury
Exertional:
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Rhabdomyolysis - Differential ... oxidative iniury Treatment ... per day until stable ... Dialysis for severe hyperkalemia ... Summary #causes #treatment
Osgood-Schlatter Disease - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Infrapatellar fat-pad edema with loss of the patellar tendon
Osgood-Schlatter Disease - MSK ... fragmentation and mild bone ... tibial tuberosity Differential ... marrow edema and bony ... #msk
Pharmacologic Options for Hypercalcemia Associated with Cancer
Rehydration with NS followed by loop diuretics
 • IV normal
Pharmacologic Options for Hypercalcemia ... activity; decreases bone ... osteoclast activity #hypercalcemia ... management #drugs #treatment ... #pharmacology #table
Hyperkalemia with Peaked T waves on ECG

These are the classic peaked T-waves of Hyperkalemia. Notice how
Hyperkalemia with ... peaked T-waves of Hyperkalemia ... #PeakedTWaves #Hyperkalemia ... Electrocardiogram #Clinical ... #Cardiology
Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Clinical features - Classic triad (flank pain, hematuria,
Management Summary Clinical ... disease Imaging and Treatment ... Bone scan is indicated ... patients with bone ... Hypercalcemia 4
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
Hypertension - Workup and Differential ... with previously stable ... disorders including hypokalemia ... 109 mm Hg) with clinical ... Hyperthyroidism, Hypercalcemia
Hyperthyroidism Overview

Clinical Manifestation of Hyperthyroidism:
 • Fatigue
 • Weight loss
 • Heat intolerance
 • Depression, nervousness
Hyperthyroidism Overview Clinical ... ↑ T3 - Mild hypercalcemia ... ↑ AST/ALT • Treatment ... tenderness Treatment ... causes #diagnosis #differential