4 results
Hyperkalemia - Management Algorithm
 • IV calcium
 • IV insulin and glucose and/or salbutamolt
 • Consider
Hyperkalemia - Management ... Widening of QRS complex ... blocks, QRS axis shift ... , asystole #hyperkalemia ... #potassium #high
Premature Ventricular Complexes (PVC's) - Summary Framework

Why PVCs?  Can be the first manifestation of cardiac
Hypomagnesemia • Hypokalemia ... percent PVCs/day • High ... 300 = NSVT EKG ... may not occur Differential ... PVC #diagnosis #differential
Causes of ST Segment Elevation - Differential Diagnosis Framework

STEMI:
 • Upsloping convex STE: "Pardee's sign" +
Segment Elevation - Differential ... Disorders: • Hyperkalemia ... no P waves • Hypercalcemia ... • Short QT, high ... #ekg #electrocardiogram
Causes of Hyperkalemia
l. Pseudohyperkalemia
  A Cellular efflux; thrombocytosis, erythrocytosis, leukocytosis, in vitro hemolysis
  B.
Causes of Hyperkalemia ... extracellular shift ... axis; T risk of hyperkalemia ... antiphospholipid syndrome #Hyperkalemia ... #Differential #