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Hyperkalemia - Management Algorithm
 • IV calcium
 • IV insulin and glucose and/or salbutamolt
 • Consider
Hyperkalemia - Management ... potassium and ECG changes ... mmol/l - Tall, "peaked ... 6.6-8.0 mmol/l - Peaked ... high #diagnosis #management
BRASH Syndrome

B - Bradycardia
R - Renal failure
A - AV nodal blockade
S - Shock
H - Hyperkalemia

Typical ECG
BRASH: HR 30, peaked ... • If on a Ca2+ channel ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management
Emergent Hyperkalemia Treatment Algorithm
ECG changes, weakness, K+ >6.5 Or renal insufficiency with K >5.5 with cellular
Algorithm ECG changes ... injury, etc) ECG changes ... (peaked T waves, ... Treatment #Algorithm #Management
Hyperkalemia after Missed Hemodialysis - Initial electrocardiogram showed peaked T waves and a prolonged QT segment
electrocardiogram showed peaked ... #Hyperkalemia #PeakedT
Hyperkaelemia ECG Features - With mild to moderate hyperkalemia, there is reduction of the size of
development of peaked ... Progression #Criteria #PeakedT
Typical ECG changes associated with hyperkalemia. 
→ Peaked T wave
→ Wide PR interval, Wide QRS duration,
Typical ECG changes ... → Peaked T wave ... QRS duration, Peaked ... note that ECG changes ... hyperkalemia #ECG #changes
T Waves: Benign Early Repolarization vs Hyperacute T Waves vs Peaked T Waves 

BER = Notching
Hyperacute T Waves vs Peaked ... Disproportionally tall, broad Peaked ... symmetrically peaked
An ECG from a patient with a serum potassium of 7.5 with flattened P waves, widened
interval, and peaked ... #HyperKalemia #Peaked ... #PeakedT #WidendedQRS
Hyperkalemia shortens repolarization; changes in the T wave provide the earliest clues to hyperpotassemia.
 - At
repolarization; changes ... repolarization causes peaked ... Hyperkalemia #EKG #ECG #Changes
Diabetes Type 2 Medication Management and Titration Algorithm
- First line therapy is metformin and comprehensive lifestyle
Type 2 Medication Management ... comprehensive lifestyle changes ... Type2 #Medication #Management