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Acute Hyperkalemia Management
 • Membrane Stabilization: Calcium Gluconate (10%), Hypertonic (3%) Normal Saline
 • Shifters: Insulin
Acute Hyperkalemia ... Management • Membrane ... Shifters: Insulin (Short ... Bicarbonate, Sodium ... #Hyperkalemia #
Gitelman Syndrome Overview

What?
• Inherited (AR) hypokalemic salt-losing tubulopathies affecting the thiazide-sensitive sodium chloride cotransporter
• Gitelman's syndrome
thiazide-sensitive sodium ... thiazide-sensitive sodium ... Hypocalciuria (spot ... #diagnosis #nephrology ... #management #pathophysiology
Algorithm for Management of Acute and Chronic Hyperkalemia
Acute Hyperkalemia:
 - IV calcium (10 mL of 10%)
Algorithm for Management ... Hyperkalemia Acute ... in 4 mL) - IV sodium ... mL/min) - Oral sodium ... #treatment #nephrology
Leukostasis vs Tumor Lysis Syndrome
Leukostasis:
 • Pathophysiology: Large, immature blasts and high WBC count cause hyperviscosity
- ACS, AKI, acute ... priapism • Lab values ... sudden death • Lab values ... hydration - Hyperkalemia ... TLS #diagnosis #management
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
- Summary Acute ... • Weakness: Starts ... variants: (1) acute ... #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #neurology
Causes of ST Segment Elevation - Differential Diagnosis Framework

STEMI:
 • Upsloping convex STE: "Pardee's sign" +
Disorders: • Hyperkalemia ... weeks following an acute ... Post-cardioversion • Acute ... dissection • Sodium-channel ... differential #diagnosis #cardiology
Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
Acute or chronic ... And BMP Normal Values ... Compensation, Acute ... bowel syndrome, ... Diagnosis #Summary #Nephrology
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
important to recognize Acute ... patient causing hypovolemia ... coronary syndrome ... differential #algorithm #management ... #cardiology #treatment
Multiple Sclerosis - Summary

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune-mediated neurodegenerative disease of the central nervous system
• Or brainstem syndromes ... symptoms) • Acute ... taper 3-7 days - Short ... sclerosis #diagnosis #management ... #neurology #treatment