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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 ... Approach • MILD K+ ... rise • SEVERE K+ ... Monitor serum K+ ... #Hyperkalemia #management
Hyperkalemia - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

S/Sx: Most pts asymptomatic. Weakness, cramping, nausea, paresthesias, palpitations,
Diagnosis and Management ... • Medications: K+ ... clear cause) Management ... diagnosis and management ... Hyperkalemia #Diagnosis #Management
Medications for Recurrent Calcium Oxalate (CaOx) Stones
HYPERCALCIURIA
 • Thiazides: HCT, Indapamide, Chlorthalidone
 • Consider after first
burden ± K ... addressed) • K ... ± thiazide • K ... Medications #Recurrent #Management
Toluene Poisoning - Diagnosis and Management Summary
What is it?  Volatile hydrocarbon, Glue or paint-sniffing, Occupational
Diagnosis and Management ... gap acidosis, ↓K+ ... can precipitate ↓K+ ... Toxicology #Diagnosis #Management
Gitelman Syndrome - Management
Treatment includes
 - Electrolyte replacement - K & Mg, preferably Cl salts
Gitelman Syndrome - Management ... replacement - K ... preferably Cl salts - K ... persistent hypokalemia, K ... Gitelman #Syndrome #Management
Emergent Hyperkalemia Treatment Algorithm
ECG changes, weakness, K+ >6.5 Or renal insufficiency with K >5.5 with cellular
changes, weakness, K+ ... insufficiency with K ... membrane Shift K+ ... and others lower K+ ... Treatment #Algorithm #Management
Hyperkalemic Distal Renal Tubular Acidosis (RTA) Type 4 - 

Failure to acidify urine in collecting duct
mechanistically to K ... Hyperkalemic #Diagnosis #Management
Anticoagulant and Antiplatelet Management in Acute Gastrointestinal Bleeding

Anticoagulant Management:
 • Vitamin K Antagonists (VKA)
 • Direct
and Antiplatelet Management ... Anticoagulant Management ... : • Vitamin K ... Antiplatelet Management ... #Antiplatelet #Management
THROMBOELASTOGRAPHY (TEG)
General Principle
• A small cuvette is rotated to simulate sluggish venous flow and stimulate clot
amplitude of 2 mm • K ... - K value - time ... to the curve at K ... Thromboelastography #Diagnosis #Management
Hyperkalemia Management Algorithm
 • Treat the cause & optimize hemodynamics and ventilation
 • Reconsider treatment leadingto
Hyperkalemia Management ... Intracellular K+ ... Shift 3) K+ Excretion ... #Hyperkalemia #Management