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ECG Basics - Heart Blocks #Diagnosis #Cardiology #MedStudent #EKG #Basics #HeartBlock #Table #AVBlock #Mobitz #Degree #Wenckebach
ECG Basics - Heart ... Diagnosis #Cardiology #MedStudent ... #EKG #Basics #HeartBlock ... #Table #AVBlock ... #Mobitz #Degree
ECG Basics - Heart Blocks #Diagnosis #Cardiology #MedStudent #EKG #Basics #HeartBlock #Table #AVBlock #Mobitz #Degree #Wenckebach
ECG Basics - Heart ... Diagnosis #Cardiology #MedStudent ... #EKG #Basics #HeartBlock ... #Table #AVBlock ... #Mobitz #Degree
Hyperkalemia shortens repolarization; changes in the T wave provide the earliest clues to hyperpotassemia.
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Hyperkalemia shortens ... repolarization causes ... #Diagnosis #Hyperkalemia ... #EKG #ECG #Changes ... #Progression #Table
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 ... Prevention - Consider cause
Reflex Testing - Causes of Hyporeflexia and Hyperreflexia
Focal Hyporeflexia: 
 • Radiculopathy, Mononeuropathy, Polyneuropathy, Acute stroke,
Reflex Testing - Causes ... Deep coma (any cause ... polyneuropathy (e.g ... Hyperreflexia: • Hypocalcemia ... differential #diagnosis #table
Causes of Hypokalemia

Hypokalemia results from abnormal losses, transcellular shifts, or insufficient intake (Table 1).6–8 Abnormal losses
Causes of Hypokalemia ... transcellular shifts ... insufficient intake (Table ... rarely the sole cause ... #Differential #Causes
Etiologies of Hypernatremia - Differential Diagnosis
GI losses / Insensible losses
Sodium Overload
Transcellular Movement of Water
Central Diabetes Insipidus
- Medications (e.g ... hypercalcemia - Chronic hypokalemia ... renal diseases (e.g ... Differential #Diagnosis #Table ... #Causes
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
Causes of Secondary ... with previously stable ... disorders including hypokalemia ... hormonal excess or hypokalaemia ... Causes: • Vascular
Hyperkalemia - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

S/Sx: Most pts asymptomatic. Weakness, cramping, nausea, paresthesias, palpitations,
Hyperkalemia - Diagnosis ... Weakness, cramping, nausea ... heparinized tube) • ECG ... only if no clear cause ... Elimination (see Table
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management Summary

Causes of Rhabdomyolysis:
 • Trauma:
	- Immobilization
	- Crush injury
	- Compartment
Management Summary Causes ... • LDH ↑ • Hyperkalemia ... Shift of extracellular ... per day until stable ... Diagnosis #Management #causes