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Emergency Management of Hyperkalemia in Adults
Assess Patient - Airway Breathing Circulation Disability Exposure (ABCDE) Approach
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Emergency Management ... clinical scenario, ECG ... and rate of rise ... prevent further rise ... #management #algorithm
Clinically Significant Cardiovascular Drug-Drug Interactions With OTC Supplements and Herbal Products
Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors (ACEIs)
 • Night-blooming
palmetto - Increases bleeding ... Licorice - Causes hypokalemia ... - Increases QT interval ... - Increases QT interval ... pharmacology #DDI #table
Hyperkalemia - Management Algorithm
 • IV calcium
 • IV insulin and glucose and/or salbutamolt
 • Consider
Hyperkalemia - Management ... Algorithm • IV ... potassium and ECG ... , Prolonged PR interval ... #algorithm #treatment
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
event, follow ACC algorithm ... indicated • EKG ... Obtain EKG if: ... - what is the bleeding ... medical and surgical management
Hyperkalemia - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

S/Sx: Most pts asymptomatic. Weakness, cramping, nausea, paresthesias, palpitations,
and Management ... heparinized tube) • ECG ... depress, ↑PR ↑QRS intervals ... clear cause) Management ... Elimination (see Table
Recurrent Polymorphic VT/Torsades de Pointes - Management Algorithm
Drugs that prolong QT interval:
 • Class 1a (quinidine,
Torsades de Pointes - Management ... Algorithm Drugs ... that prolong QT interval ... Hypomagnesemia • Hypokalemia ... #Algorithm
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 ... for the management ... , and Table 3 summarizes
Pancreatitis management checklist 
Evaluation to guide etiology & management 
 - RUQ ultrasound 
 - Calcium
Pancreatitis management ... guide etiology & management ... increase the risk ... or postpyloric feeding ... limit them as able
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
Risk Factors and ... Management during ... Management during ... Delivery • Stable ... Period • Breast-feeding
Algorithm for the management of patients presenting with acute Lower GI Bleed
High-risk patients
Multiple high-risk clinical features.a
Algorithm for the ... symptorns of ongoing bleeding ... hernodynamically stable ... , no ongoing bleeding ... GIBleed #LGIB #Algorithm