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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 ... mmol/L - Consider cause ... treatment indicated Protect ... Prevention - Consider cause ... of hyperkalaemia
Hyperkalemia shortens repolarization; changes in the T wave provide the earliest clues to hyperpotassemia.
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Hyperkalemia shortens ... repolarization causes ... in conduction causes ... with T wave to produce ... #Diagnosis #Hyperkalemia
Hyperkalemia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

PseudoHyperkalemia:
 • Lab error
 • Traumatic venipuncture
 • Hemolysis, thrombocytosis, leukocytosis
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Hyperkalemia - Differential ... Burns • Trauma/Crush ... • Digoxin • K ... K supplement 3 ... differential #diagnosis #causes
Hyperkalemia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

PseudoHyperkalemia:
 • Lab error
 • Traumatic venipuncture
 • Hemolysis, thrombocytosis, leukocytosis
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Hyperkalemia - Differential ... Burns • Trauma/Crush ... • Digoxin • K ... K supplement 3 ... differential #diagnosis #causes
Hyperkalemia - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

S/Sx: Most pts asymptomatic. Weakness, cramping, nausea, paresthesias, palpitations,
Hyperkalemia - Diagnosis ... Weakness, cramping, nausea ... Lysis (TLS, rhabdo/crush ... tourniquet / IVF line draw ... only if no clear cause
Causes of Hyperkalemia - Differential Diagnosis Framework
 • Cellular Shift:
   - Exercise
Causes of Hyperkalemia ... to Aldosterone: K ... production: TLS, Crush ... : Blood draw error ... Differential #Diagnosis #Causes
Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA) - Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
 • Note: in DKA, body K+ is lost
: in DKA, body K+ ... out of cells may cause ... serum [K+] to be ... To prevent hypokalemia ... thus, the body produces
Blood Product Transfusions One Pager Summary
Type and screen - determines blood type and detects in recipient
maculopapular rash ... Causes purpura & ... TRALI): Leading cause ... Hypocalcemia, Hyperkalemia ... more likely to cause
Blood Transfusion Reactions

Immune Mediated:
 • Febrile Non-Hemolytic Transfusion Reaction (FNHTR): Most common immune reaction to transfusion.
maculopapular rash ... Causes purpura & ... TRALI): Leading cause ... Hypocalcemia, Hyperkalemia ... more likely to cause
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Rhabdomyolysis = Destruction of skeletal muscle with leakage of contents into circulation.
Electrolytes (K, ... Diagnosis: • Trauma: Crush ... Electrolytes: Hypokalemia ... Differential #Diagnosis #Causes