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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 ... mmol/L - Consider cause ... guided by clinical ... Insulin–Glucose IV Infusion ... Prevention - Consider cause
Constrictive Pericarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram - Subcostal View

Young Lupus patient admitted to hospital new onset HFpEF.
on POCUS Echocardiogram ... could pinpoint the cause ... has pericardial effusion ... Echocardiogram #clinical ... #cardiology #s4C
Constrictive Pericarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram - Apical 3-Chamber View

Young Lupus patient admitted to hospital new onset
on POCUS Echocardiogram ... you see on this SC ... could pinpoint the cause ... has pericardial effusion ... Echocardiogram #clinical
Hyperkalemia - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

S/Sx: Most pts asymptomatic. Weakness, cramping, nausea, paresthesias, palpitations,
Weakness, cramping, nausea ... , Saline infusion ... only if no clear cause ... Elimination (see Table ... Terbutaline 7 µg/kg SC
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management Summary

Causes of Rhabdomyolysis:
 • Trauma:
	- Immobilization
	- Crush injury
	- Compartment
Management Summary Causes ... Dermatomyositis Clinical ... decreased renal perfusion ... per day until stable ... Diagnosis #Management #causes
Complex Pericardial Effusion with Tamponade on POCUS Echocardiogram - A4C
Pt sent to ED c intradialytic hypotension.
with Tamponade on POCUS ... K 5.9 without EKG ... frequently benign causes ... consider serious causes ... #clinical #cardiology
Malignant Pericardial Effusion and Tamponade on POCUS Echocardiogram - A4C
CA patient with known pericardial effusion who
and Tamponade on POCUS ... Echocardiogram - A4C ... BP stable. ... Tamponade #Cardiac #POCUS ... #clinical #Echocardiogram
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
& Dry) is the treatment ... then be excreted using ... the determined cause ... & Dry” is the treatment ... #table #foamed
The crusade against “Ab”Normal Saline continues.  This is a non-physiologic fluid that can harm our
this post will focus ... in the ECF causes ... Hyperkalemia, a ... blood flow and perfusion ... management #diagnosis #treatment
Summary of Oncologic Emergencies

Neutropenic fever:
- Fever + ANC < 500 → start cefepime ± vancomycin (if
changes: high K, ... Treat underlying cause ... decompression SVC ... plasmapheresis Hypercalcemia ... , SOB, pleural effusions