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Beta Blocker Side Effects / Toxicity
Cardiac Side Effects:
 • Sinus bradycardia, AV block, Heart failure exacerbation,
Beta Blocker Side Effects ... Facilitation of hyperkalemia ... BetaBlocker #BB #SideEffects ... AdverseEffects #pharmacology ... #diagnosis
Hyperkalemia Treatment Options
Stabilize cardiac membrane:
 • IV Calcium (peaks 5-10 minutes)
Decrease potassium concentration:
 • IV Fluids
Shift
Hyperkalemia Treatment ... • IV Fluids Shift ... LouLectures #Hyperkalemia ... #management #potassium ... #nephrology
Emergency Therapy of Hyperkalemia
Therapy - Dose and Route - Onset of Action - Duration of Effect
Emergency Therapy of Hyperkalemia ... - Duration of Effect ... Hemodialysis #Hyperkalemia ... #management #pharmacology ... #table #treatment
Specific considerations for the elderly undergoing steroid treatment
Corticosteroid Adverse Effects - More frequent and/or severe among
undergoing steroid treatment ... Corticosteroid Adverse Effects ... Fluid retention, hypokalemia ... AdverseEffects #SideEffects ... #Geriatrics #Diagnosis
Second Generation Antipsychotics: Mechanisms and Side Effects
(Atypical Anti-Psychotics) - Examples: Clozapine, Olanzapine, Quetiapine, Risperidone, Zotepine, Paliperidone,
Mechanisms and Side Effects ... considered 2nd line treatment ... SecondGeneration #Mechanisms #SideEffects ... #pharmacology # ... diagnosis #psychiatry
Hyperkalemia - Management Algorithm
 • IV calcium
 • IV insulin and glucose and/or salbutamolt
 • Consider
Hyperkalemia - Management ... blocks, QRS axis shift ... potassium #high #diagnosis ... #management #algorithm ... #treatment
Emergent Hyperkalemia Treatment Algorithm
ECG changes, weakness, K+ >6.5 Or renal insufficiency with K >5.5 with cellular
Emergent Hyperkalemia ... cardiac membrane Shift ... insulin Side effect ... not quickly) #Hyperkalemia ... #Management
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management Summary

Causes of Rhabdomyolysis:
 • Trauma:
	- Immobilization
	- Crush injury
	- Compartment
- Differential Diagnosis ... Framework and Management ... Shift of extracellular ... #Management #causes ... #treatment #nephrology
Potassium Binders for Management of Hyperkalemia
 • SPS - Sodium polystyrene sulfonate
 • Patiromer (veltassa)
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Potassium Binders for Management ... of Hyperkalemia ... #Hyperkalemia # ... treatment #pharmacology ... table #comparison #nephrology
Algorithm for patients with hypokalemia on the basis of the potassium-to-creatinine ratio in the urine
Urine K+
patients with hypokalemia ... creatinine) • Cell shift ... Non-reabsorbable anion effect ... differential #algorithm #diagnosis ... #nephrology