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“H’s & T’s“ - The reversible causes of Cardiac Arrest 
Hypovolemia, Hypoxia/Hypoxemia, Hydrogen Ion Excess (Acidosis),
Cardiac Arrest Hypovolemia ... /Hyperkalemia, Hypothermia ... Pneumothorax, Thrombosis (Pulmonary ... Coronary) #HsTs #acls ... diagnosis #arrest #management
H’s and T’s Mnemonic - Causes of Cardiac Arrest
H's - Hypovolemia, Hypoxia, Hydrogen Ions (acidosis), Hyperkalemia
Cardiac Arrest H's - Hypovolemia ... Ions (acidosis), Hyperkalemia ... / Hypokalemia, ... Thromboembolism (Pulmonary ... differential #diagnosis #acls
Hypokalemia Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hypertensive:
 • High Al, Low R - Primary aldosteronism
 • High Al, High
Hypokalemia Differential ... Normotensive: • UCl ... Post-hypercapnia • UCl ... Gitelman's syndrome #Hypokalemia ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #nephrology
Causes of HyperKalemia - Differential Diagnosis
Increased extracellular K+:
 • Tissue injury
 • Hemolysis
 • Rhabdomyolysis
 •
Causes of HyperKalemia ... Elimination: • AKI • Hypovolemia ... blockers - MCW ... Nephrology @MCW_Nephrology ... #HyperKalemia
Emergency management of severe hyperkalemia

#hyperkalemia #management #algorithm #nephrology #Potassium #Treatment
Emergency management ... of severe hyperkalemia ... #hyperkalemia ... #management #algorithm ... #nephrology #Potassium
Causes of Hypokalemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Once pseudohypokalemia is ruled out, causes of hypokalemia can be
Causes of Hypokalemia ... out, causes of hypokalemia ... that is leaky all ... drain wide open all ... Causes #workup #nephrology
Potassium Repletion - Oral vs IV
Oral KCl 
 - 40mEq at a time, q2-4 hrs
Oral vs IV Oral KCl ... : GI upset IV KCl ... Potassium #Repletion #Hypokalemia ... #Oral #Intern #Management
Algorithm for patients with hypokalemia on the basis of the potassium-to-creatinine ratio in the urine
Urine K+
patients with hypokalemia ... • Cell shift: Hypokalemic ... • Low Urine Cl ... • High Urine Cl ... algorithm #diagnosis #nephrology
Mechanisms of Drug-Induced Hyperkalemia 
 • Direct renin inhibitor (Aliskiren)
 • Renin release inhibition (NSAIDs, Beta-Blockers)
of Drug-Induced Hyperkalemia ... Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE ... • Exogenous (KCL ... MunerMohamed1 #hyperkalemia
Inherited Defects in Kidney Tubule Epithelial Cells

Renal glucosuria - Na+-dependent glucose cotransporter
Cystinuria - Amino acid transporter
Bartter
syndrome - Na-K-2Cl ... cotransporter, K channel, Cl ... barrtin (recruits Cl ... Thiazide-sensitive Na—Cl ... Defects #Kidney #Nephrology