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Pain Assessment and Management Initiative (PAMI) - Nerve Blocks - Nerve Distribution, Agents and Dosing Table
Initiative (PAMI ... ) - Nerve Blocks ... #Medications #Doses ... #Dosing #Table ... #PAMI
Hypomagnesemia - Etiologies by Mechanism

Decreased GI Uptake 
 - Poor dietary intake (particularly common in alcoholics)
- Hypokalemia ... Hypomagnesemia #Differential ... Low #Magnesium #Table ... Classification #Causes ... #Workup #hypomg
Hyperkalemia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

PseudoHyperkalemia:
 • Lab error
 • Traumatic venipuncture
 • Hemolysis, thrombocytosis, leukocytosis
 •
Hyperkalemia - Differential ... Clenching of fist during ... Medications 2. ... #differential # ... diagnosis #causes
Hyperkalemia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

PseudoHyperkalemia:
 • Lab error
 • Traumatic venipuncture
 • Hemolysis, thrombocytosis, leukocytosis
 •
Hyperkalemia - Differential ... Clenching of fist during ... Medications 2. ... #differential # ... diagnosis #causes
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
Hypertension - Workup ... and Differential ... non-obese, non-black ... #causes #Differential ... #Diagnosis #indications
Atrial Fibrillation RVR - Medications
Diltiazem
 • Preferred in patients with chronic lung such as Asthma and
Fibrillation RVR - Medications ... strongly consider using ... to 6-8 hours to work ... #management #treatment ... #comparison #table
Hyperkalemia - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

S/Sx: Most pts asymptomatic. Weakness, cramping, nausea, paresthesias, palpitations,
and Management ... ARBs, NSAIDs, β-blockers ... reabsorption) Workup ... only if no clear cause ... Elimination (see Table
Primary and Secondary Causes of Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Primary (Essential) (95%) - Onset between age
Hypertension - Differential ... taken at home, work ... or when using an ... Cocaine • Black ... licorice • Medications
Hypotension - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Hypotension is commonly due to unnecessarily deep anaesthesia, the autonomic
effects of neuraxial block ... reservoir bag moving ... #Hypotension #Differential ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management ... #Workup
Intraoperative  Bradycardia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Bradycardia in theatre should not be treated as
(→ 3-10); beta-blocker ... calcium channel blocker ... myocardial infarction, hyperkalaemia ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management ... #Workup #Cardiology