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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 ... clinical scenario, ECG ... and rate of rise ... prevent further rise ... #management #algorithm
Potassium-Binding Agents to Treat Hyperkalemia
Sodium zirconium cyclosilicate (Lokelma):
 • Mechanism: Preferentially captures K in exchange for
Agents to Treat Hyperkalemia ... dose at weekly intervals ... necessary at 1-wk intervals ... sodium intake; risk ... #pharmacology #table
Compelling and Possible Contraindications to Antihypertensive Drugs
Diuretics (thiazides)
 - Gout
 - Metabolic syndrome, Glucose intolerance, Pregnancy,
, Hypokalemia, Erectile ... associated with higher risk ... of hyperkalemia ... Pgp-dependent drugs (e.g ... contraindications #table
Hyperkalemia - Management Algorithm
 • IV calcium
 • IV insulin and glucose and/or salbutamolt
 • Consider
Hyperkalemia - Management ... Algorithm • IV ... potassium and ECG ... , Prolonged PR interval ... #treatment
Hyperkalemia shortens repolarization; changes in the T wave provide the earliest clues to hyperpotassemia.
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Hyperkalemia shortens ... prolonged PR and QT intervals ... #Diagnosis #Hyperkalemia ... #EKG #ECG #Changes ... #Progression #Table
Medications for the Treatment of Hyperkalemia
The goals of acute treatment are to prevent potentially life-threatening cardiac
, changes on ECG ... patients are at risk ... Figure 3 is an algorithm ... , and Table 3 summarizes ... #Treatment
Emergent Hyperkalemia Treatment Algorithm
ECG changes, weakness, K+ >6.5 Or renal insufficiency with K >5.5 with cellular
Emergent Hyperkalemia ... Treatment Algorithm ... ECG changes, weakness ... injury, etc) ECG ... #Treatment #Algorithm
Hyperkalemia - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

S/Sx: Most pts asymptomatic. Weakness, cramping, nausea, paresthesias, palpitations,
Hyperkalemia - Diagnosis ... heparinized tube) • ECG ... depress, ↑PR ↑QRS intervals ... Elimination (see Table ... Redistribution Treatments
Endoscopy in Barrett's Esophagus - Scoping Summary
- What we need to know?
   • Risk
Risk Factors ... Follow-up • ACG ... - Endoscopic Treatment ... diagnosis #management #algorithm
Recurrent Polymorphic VT/Torsades de Pointes - Management Algorithm
Drugs that prolong QT interval:
 • Class 1a (quinidine,
Pointes - Management Algorithm ... that prolong QT interval ... Hypomagnesemia • Hypokalemia ... Hypocalcemia (rarely) Treatment ... TDP #Management #Algorithm