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Emergency Management of Hyperkalemia in Adults
Assess Patient - Airway Breathing Circulation Disability Exposure (ABCDE) Approach
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Emergency Management ... in Adults Assess ... mmol/L - Consider cause ... clinical scenario, ECG ... #management #algorithm
Recurrent Polymorphic VT/Torsades de Pointes - Management Algorithm
Drugs that prolong QT interval:
 • Class 1a (quinidine,
Algorithm Drugs ... Hypomagnesemia • Hypokalemia ... Hypocalcemia (rarely) Treatment ... 1b (lidocaine)- case ... #Algorithm
Emergent Hyperkalemia Treatment Algorithm
ECG changes, weakness, K+ >6.5 Or renal insufficiency with K >5.5 with cellular
Treatment Algorithm ... ECG changes, weakness ... injury, etc) ECG ... #Treatment #Algorithm ... #Management
Hyperkalemia - Management Algorithm
 • IV calcium
 • IV insulin and glucose and/or salbutamolt
 • Consider
Hyperkalemia - Management ... Algorithm • IV ... potassium and ECG ... , asystole #hyperkalemia ... #algorithm #treatment
Treatment of Stable Narrow-Complex Tachycardia
Regular Rhythm:
 • Attempt vagal maneuvers
 • Give adenosine 6 milligrams IV
Treatment of Stable ... Control rate (e.g ... Control rate (e.g ... #management #cardiology ... #algorithm
Hyperkalemia - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

S/Sx: Most pts asymptomatic. Weakness, cramping, nausea, paresthesias, palpitations,
and Management ... Weakness, cramping, nausea ... heparinized tube) • ECG ... only if no clear cause ... Terbutaline 7 µg/kg
KDIGO Treatment algorithm for management of acute hyperkalemia in the emergency department
 • Place on cardiac
KDIGO Treatment ... algorithm for management ... of acute hyperkalemia ... monitor 12-lead ECG ... #management #algorithm
Congenital Long QT Syndrome: Illness Script

Who?
 - Kids or young adults, usually < 30
 - high
- Kids or young ... adults, usually ... **Get baseline EKG ... family history) Treatment ... Syndrome #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Cardiac Tamponade - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Caused by an accumulation of blood, pus, effusion fluid
, e.g. central line ... pericardiocentesis kit (eg ... thoracotomy is a better treatment ... • Fluid bolus (Adult ... Plan definitive management
Medications for the Treatment of Hyperkalemia
The goals of acute treatment are to prevent potentially life-threatening cardiac
, changes on ECG ... Figure 3 is an algorithm ... for the management ... #Management #Medications ... Treatment