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Hyperkalemia Management Algorithm
 • Treat the cause & optimize hemodynamics and ventilation
 • Reconsider treatment leadingto
Hyperkalemia Management ... Algorithm • Treat ... the cause & optimize ... Intracellular K+ Shift ... #Algorithm #treatment
The algorithm below shows how pre-test probability could be combined with various criteria to determine which
course of treatment ... treatment would ... acyclovir to all ... HSV PCR would cause ... is proposed: #Management
Emergent Hyperkalemia Treatment Algorithm
ECG changes, weakness, K+ >6.5 Or renal insufficiency with K >5.5 with cellular
Algorithm ECG ... cardiac membrane Shift ... Remove potassium ... offending agent (ACE-I ... #Algorithm #Management
There are similarities and differences between these 3 conditions which all carry treatment implications. Each mimic
carry treatment ... provided the starting potassium ... #differential #algorithm ... #management #treatment ... #criticalcare #foamed
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
to be in ADHF starts ... the determined cause ... #differential #algorithm ... #management #cardiology ... #foamed #heartfailure
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
treat the primary cause ... “one size fits all ... #diagnosis #algorithm ... echocardiogram #management ... #treatment
Evaluation and Management of Hypokalemia

Hypokalemia is often asymptomatic. Evaluation begins with a search for warning signs
Evaluation and Management ... warranting urgent treatment ... transcellular shifts ... depletion impedes potassium ... Hypokalemia #Evaluation #Algorithm