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Emergency Management of Hyperkalemia in Adults
Assess Patient - Airway Breathing Circulation Disability Exposure (ABCDE) Approach
 •
mmol/L - Consider cause ... guided by clinical ... scenario, ECG and ... Gluconate IV Shift ... Prevention - Consider cause
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management Summary

Causes of Rhabdomyolysis:
 • Trauma:
	- Immobilization
	- Crush injury
	- Compartment
Management Summary Causes ... Dermatomyositis Clinical ... Shift of extracellular ... Diagnosis #Management #causes ... #treatment #nephrology
Causes of Hyperkalemia - Intercellular Shift - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Transcellular Shift - Appropriate renal excretion (GFR,
Causes of Hyperkalemia ... Intercellular Shift ... Transcellular Shift ... • Cell Lysis (e.g ... Tumor Lysis Syndrome
Causes of Fatigue - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Endocrine
 • Hypo/Hyperthyroidism
 • Diabetes
 • Pituitary Insufficiency
 • Adrenal
Causes of Fatigue ... Liver Failure • Hypercalcemia ... Pulmonary Disease Neurologic ... Myasthenia Gravis Pharmacologic ... Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Peri-operative Hyperthermia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
If prolonged or ≥ 39 C this is a
39 C this is a clinical ... Treatment depends ... maintained fever CAUSES ... Phaeochromocytoma Neurologic ... #Differential #Causes
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
heart failure, neurologic ... disorders including hypokalemia ... 109 mm Hg) with clinical ... Hyperthyroidism, Hypercalcemia ... Neurologic disorders
Causes of Hypokalemia
Transcellular Shifts:
 - Alkalosis, Increased plasma insulin (treatment of diabetic ketoacidosis), ß-Adrenergic agonists, Hypokalemic
Causes of Hypokalemia ... Transcellular Shifts ... plasma insulin (treatment ... #Causes #differential ... #diagnosis #nephrology
Pisa Syndrome (pleurothotonus) on Physical Exam
A tonic flexion of the trunk of the body to one
Pisa Syndrome (pleurothotonus ... Caused commonly ... Treatment: anticholinergics ... #PhysicalExam #clinical ... #neurology #posture
BEE Syndromes - Non-inflammatory Causes

Immune-mediated conditions affecting the Brain, Eye, and Ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in
Non-inflammatory Causes ... diagnosis and treatment ... skull neoplasms (e.g ... MRI lesions and clinical ... #neurology #noninflammatory
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
may precede the neurologic ... Blood transfusion, Hypercalcemia ... the underlying cause ... • Treatment of ... with AEDs until cause