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Hyperkalemia Treatment Options
Stabilize cardiac membrane:
 • IV Calcium (peaks 5-10 minutes)
Decrease potassium concentration:
 • IV Fluids
Shift
Hyperkalemia Treatment ... minutes) Decrease potassium ... Fluids Shift potassium ... (if preserved renal ... #Hyperkalemia #management
Toluene Poisoning - Diagnosis and Management Summary
What is it?  Volatile hydrocarbon, Glue or paint-sniffing, Occupational
Diagnosis and Management ... effects (inc psych) Renal ... acidosis, ↓K+ Renal ... environment • Potassium ... #Treatment
COVID-19 Diagnosis and Management Summary
Clinical and laboratory testing
Lung Ultrasound
HRCT scan
In-hospital treatment
Severity assessment and respiratory support 
Post-mortem
Diagnosis and Management ... testing Lung Ultrasound ... scan In-hospital treatment ... respiratory support Post-mortem ... #Summary #treatment
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis and Management Summary

Trauma:
 • Immobilization, Crush iniury, Compartment syndrome, Electrical injury
Exertional:
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Diagnosis and Management ... oxidative iniury Treatment ... Monitor potassium ... Differential #Diagnosis #Management ... Summary #causes #treatment
Classification of Tumor Lysis Syndrome (TLS) and Treatment of Metabolic Abnormalities of TLS
Laboratory TLS:
 • Uric
Syndrome (TLS) and Treatment ... 8.0 mg/dL • Potassium ... hypocalcemia Treatment ... Intravenous fluids • Renal ... TLS #diagnosis #management
POCUS Stewardship
Right Indication - Right Interpretation -Right Integration
Indication → Pre-test Probability → Spectrum of Disease →
POCUS Stewardship ... indication for POCUS ... & Specificity Assess ... assign a final post-test ... #ultrasound #management
Candidates for Medical Treatment of Ectopic Pregnancy with Methotrexate 
 - Hemodynamically stable 
 - No
Candidates for Medical Treatment ... to comply with post-treatment ... cardiac activity on ultrasound ... Ectopic #Pregnancy #Management
Hyperkalemia - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

S/Sx: Most pts asymptomatic. Weakness, cramping, nausea, paresthesias, palpitations,
periodic paralysis, post-hypothermia ... • ↓ Renal K+ ... Excretion: - Renal ... 15 suggests ↓ renal ... #Treatment #potassium
Tuberculous Perinephric Abscess
 - Gabin Mbanjumucyo
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#Tuberculous #Perinephric #Abscess #TB #Tuberculosis #Renal #Clinical #POCUS #Ultrasound
Tuberculous Perinephric Abscess ... #Perinephric #Abscess ... #Tuberculosis #Renal ... #Clinical #POCUS ... #Ultrasound
Hematuria in Post-Renal Transplant Patient
Prevalence up to 12% in the postrenal transplant patient
 • Bacterial: Escherichia
Hematuria in Post-Renal ... infections (HPV, EBV), Renal ... #Hematuria #Renal ... #blood #urine #management ... #treatment #nephrology