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Checklist Approach to Hypokalemia

Consider risk factors for arrhythmia:
 - EKG changes (especially QT prolongation)
 - Digoxin
Checklist Approach ... to Hypokalemia ... incongruous with clinical ... Care #Checklist ... #CriticalCare
Osborn waves - positive deflections at the J point (negative in aVR and V1) with a
people with high hypercalcemia ... #Cardiology #diagnosis ... #CriticalCare # ... Electrocardiogram #ECG ... #Clinical
Endocarditis checklist
Initial evaluation
 • Peripheral blood cultures (three sets at three different sites)
 • Additional culture
Endocarditis checklist ... Internet Book of Critical ... #Endocarditis #checklist ... #criticalcare # ... diagnosis #management
Malignant Adrenal Mass - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Suggestive of Malignancy: Inhomogenous Density, Delay in CT Contrast Washout
- Differential Diagnosis ... High Plasma E2 + Clinical ... Hypertension +/- Hypokalemia ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Algorithm #Endocrinology
Myasthenic Crisis Checklist - Myasthenia Gravis

Evaluation 
 - Chest X-ray and lung ultrasound (exclude other lung
Myasthenic Crisis Checklist ... Intubation only if clinically ... Pyridostigmine - New diagnosis ... (vital signs, clinical ... #Management #CriticalCare
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
and Differential Diagnosis ... disorders including hypokalemia ... 109 mm Hg) with clinical ... Vasculitis • Endocrinologic ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Admitting in the ICU - Checklist
VITALS: If bad, stop and go see the patient immediately; you
Admitting in the ICU - Checklist ... will also get an EKG ... #ICU #Pearls #Checklist ... #diagnosis #workup ... #criticalcare
The crusade against “Ab”Normal Saline continues.  This is a non-physiologic fluid that can harm our
this post will focus ... The ECF and ICF ... causes Hyperkalemia ... #foamed #criticalcare ... #management #diagnosis
Cushing's Syndrome - Hypercortisolism - Diagnosis and Clinical Features
1) Skin
 • Thin, easily bruisable skin with
Hypercortisolism - Diagnosis ... and Clinical Features ... Cataracts Labs: Hypokalemia ... Hypercortisolism #Diagnosis ... signs #symptoms #endocrinology