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Emergency Management of Hyperkalemia in Adults
Assess Patient - Airway Breathing Circulation Disability Exposure (ABCDE) Approach
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mmol/L - Consider cause ... and if treatment ... Prevention - Consider cause ... Hyperkalemia #management #algorithm ... #treatment
Causes of Hypokalemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Defining the cause of hypokalemia starts by measuring urinary K
Causes of Hypokalemia ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Defining the cause ... measuring urinary K ... differential #diagnosis #algorithm
Causes of Hypokalemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Increased Loss 
 - Increased GI Loss
 - Increased Urinary
Causes of Hypokalemia ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Stimulation of Na/K-ATPase ... which imports K+ ... #causes #potassium
Hyperkalemia shortens repolarization; changes in the T wave provide the earliest clues to hyperpotassemia.
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provide the earliest clues ... - At K = 5.0 to ... repolarization causes ... in conduction causes ... #Progression #Table
Algorithm for the Treatment of Uremic Pruritus
Nonpharmacologic Treatments:
 • Daily topical emollient
 • Avoidance of extremes
Algorithm for the ... Treatment of Uremic ... receptor antagonist/k-receptor ... 120 mg/d) • k-opioid ... uremia #itching #Algorithm
Acute Pulmonary Embolism - Management Algorithms
 - Hemodynamically Stable Patients
 - Hemodynamically Unstable Patients

- Dr. Eric
Embolism - Management Algorithms ... Hemodynamically Stable ... acutePE #Management #Algorithm ... #treatment
Hyperkalemia Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
R/O Pseudo-hyperkalemia:
 • Possible Lab error! Alwavs Repeat Blood sample!
 • Leukocytosis, Thrombocytosis:
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... to excrete more K+ ... reduce plasma [K+ ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #causes #potassium
Hypokalemia Evaluation Algorithm

Before evaluating hypokalemia, life threatening complications such as arrhythmias and paralysis should be looked
Hypokalemia Evaluation Algorithm ... with IV potassium(K) ... wasting from other causes ... suggests extra-renal causes ... Hypokalemia #diagnosis #Algorithm
Hyperkalemia - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

S/Sx: Most pts asymptomatic. Weakness, cramping, nausea, paresthesias, palpitations,
Weakness, cramping, nausea ... only if no clear cause ... Elimination (see Table ... Stabilization Treatments ... Redistribution Treatments
Emergent Hyperkalemia Treatment Algorithm
ECG changes, weakness, K+ >6.5 Or renal insufficiency with K >5.5 with cellular
Emergent Hyperkalemia Treatment ... Algorithm ECG ... as a standalone treatment ... #Hyperkalemia #Treatment ... #Algorithm #Management