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Emergency Management of Hyperkalemia in Adults
Assess Patient - Airway Breathing Circulation Disability Exposure (ABCDE) Approach
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Management of Hyperkalemia ... mmol/L - Consider cause ... clinical scenario, ECG ... Gluconate IV Shift ... #management #algorithm
Causes of Hyperkalemia - Intercellular Shift - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Transcellular Shift - Appropriate renal excretion (GFR,
Causes of Hyperkalemia ... Intercellular Shift ... • Non-Anion Gap ... • Cell Lysis (e.g ... #Causes
A wandering atrial pacemaker, (WAP), is an atrial arrhythmia that occurs when the natural cardiac pacemaker
pacemaker site shifts ... identifiable on ECG ... athletes and rarely causes ... #Clinical #MedStudent ... #EKG #WAP #WanderingAtrialPacemaker
Adult ACLS - Cardiac Arrest Algorithm - AHA 2020
CPR Quality:
 • Push hard (at least 2
Cardiac Arrest Algorithm ... recommendation (eg ... intra-arterial Reversible Causes ... : • Hypovolemia ... #AHA2020 #management
Evaluation and Management of Hypokalemia

Hypokalemia is often asymptomatic. Evaluation begins with a search for warning signs
Hypokalemia is ... electrocardiography (ECG ... Most cases of hypokalemia-induced ... transcellular shifts ... #Evaluation #Algorithm
Adult Cardiac Arrest - ACLS Circular Algorithm - AHA 2020
CPR Quality:
 • Push hard (at least
ACLS Circular Algorithm ... recommendation (eg ... intra-arterial Reversible Causes ... : • Hypovolemia ... #AHA2020 #management
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
exam • 12-lead ECG ... Have the patient tap ... Valvular disease (e.g ... Hypoglycemia • Hypovolemia ... #Palpitations #Cardiology
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
ECG is vital while ... patient causing hypovolemia ... the determined cause ... #differential #algorithm ... #management #cardiology