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Checklist Approach to Hypokalemia

Consider risk factors for arrhythmia:
 - EKG changes (especially QT prolongation)
 - Digoxin
Checklist Approach to Hypokalemia ... route = severe hypokalemia ... NPO, or profound shock ... /hr for severe hypokalemia ... #Checklist #Hypokalemia
Capillary filling time is measured by applying firm pressure on the ventral surface of the distal
the ANDROMEDA-SHOCK ... time #Testing #PhysicalExam ... #Clinical #Finger ... #hypovolemia
Shock Overview
A state of tissue hypoxia due to decreased or dysregulated oxygen delivery or extraction, resulting
death Common Clinical ... neurogenic/spinal Hypovolemic ... RP bleed) • Hypovolemic ... Classification #diagnosis #management ... #criticalcare #differential
Shock Overview
A state of tissue hypoxia due to decreased or dysregulated oxygen delivery or extraction, resulting
death Common Clinical ... neurogenic/spinal Hypovolemic ... RP bleed) • Hypovolemic ... Classification #diagnosis #management ... #criticalcare #differential
Severe Heart Failure & Cardiogenic Shock - Management Checklist 
Evaluation 
 - EKG & echocardiography
& Cardiogenic Shock ... - Management Checklist ... suggests total body hypovolemia ... #HeartFailure #Cardiology ... #Management
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management Summary

Causes of Rhabdomyolysis:
 • Trauma:
	- Immobilization
	- Crush injury
	- Compartment
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential ... Framework and Management ... Dermatomyositis Clinical ... Shift of extracellular ... #Diagnosis #Management
Gitelman Syndrome Overview

What?
• Inherited (AR) hypokalemic salt-losing tubulopathies affecting the thiazide-sensitive sodium chloride cotransporter
• Gitelman's syndrome
tubule (DCT) Clinical ... Family history of hypokalemia ... • Unexplained hypokalemia ... pressure Labs: • Hypokalemia ... pathophysiology #Hypokalemia
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
Lactic Acidosis - Differential ... of lactate as a clinical ... a multitude of clinical ... - Hypovolemia ... Acidosis #Elevation #Differential
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
patient causing hypovolemia ... essentially Cardiogenic Shock ... #diagnosis #differential ... #algorithm #management ... #cardiology #treatment
Cardiac Tamponade on POCUS
Hypotension in trauma is not always due to hypovolemia. This was a great
always due to hypovolemia ... for definitive management ... Tamponade #POCUS #clinical ... ultrasound #trauma #cardiology