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Hyperkalemia Management
Membrane Stabilizers:
 • Calcium gluconate
Shifters:
 • Insulin + glucose
 • Albuterol
Excreters:
 • Furosemide
 • Sodium
Hyperkalemia Management ... gluconate Shifters: • Insulin ... #Hyperkalemia #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 ... intracellularly: • Insulin ... #Hyperkalemia #management ... #potassium #nephrology
Diabetic Ketoacidosis 
Management Priorities
1. Fluids 
2. Insulin 
3. Potassium 
4. Acidosis 
5. Re-establish oral fluids,
Ketoacidosis Management ... Insulin 3. ... Potassium 4. ... subcutaneous insulin ... Ketoacidosis #Diabetes #Management
Acute Hyperkalemia Management
 • Membrane Stabilization: Calcium Gluconate (10%), Hypertonic (3%) Normal Saline
 • Shifters: Insulin
Acute Hyperkalemia Management ... Saline • Shifters: Insulin ... #Hyperkalemia #Management ... #treatment #potassium
Hyperkalemia - Management Algorithm
 • IV calcium
 • IV insulin and glucose and/or salbutamolt
 • Consider
Hyperkalemia - Management ... calcium • IV insulin ... Dialysis Serum potassium ... #hyperkalemia #potassium ... high #diagnosis #management
Emergent Hyperkalemia Treatment Algorithm
ECG changes, weakness, K+ >6.5 Or renal insufficiency with K >5.5 with cellular
cells - Combo of insulin ... reduction • Insulin ... units regular insulin ... treatment Remove potassium ... Treatment #Algorithm #Management
KDIGO Treatment algorithm for management of acute hyperkalemia in the emergency department
 • Place on cardiac
algorithm for management ... calcium • IV insulin ... #hyperkalemia #management ... algorithm #treatment #potassium
There are similarities and differences between these 3 conditions which all carry treatment implications. Each mimic
easily outweighs Insulin ... of circulating Insulin ... Treat with Insulin ... provided the starting potassium ... differential #algorithm #management
Therapeutic Hypothermia - Rewarming Checklist

Paralysis and sedation should be maintained until core temperature is 35 C
C Taper off potassium ... infusions Reduce insulin ... #CriticalCare #Management
Hyperkalemia - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

S/Sx: Most pts asymptomatic. Weakness, cramping, nausea, paresthesias, palpitations,
Diagnosis and Management ... transfusions), ↓insulin ... Treatments: • Insulin ... Give D50 before insulin ... #Treatment #potassium