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Hyperkalemia shortens repolarization; changes in the T wave provide the earliest clues to hyperpotassemia.
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Hyperkalemia shortens ... L, decrease in conduction ... causes prolonged ... #EKG #ECG #Changes ... #Progression #Table
Emergency Management of Hyperkalemia in Adults
Assess Patient - Airway Breathing Circulation Disability Exposure (ABCDE) Approach
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mmol/L - Consider cause ... Treatment guided by clinical ... scenario, ECG and ... Prevention - Consider cause ... #management #algorithm
Medications for the Treatment of Hyperkalemia
The goals of acute treatment are to prevent potentially life-threatening cardiac
life-threatening cardiac conduction ... , changes on ECG ... Figure 3 is an algorithm ... , and Table 3 summarizes ... treatment of the condition
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
with previously stable ... disorders including hypokalemia ... 109 mm Hg) with clinical ... Causes: • Vascular ... Hyperthyroidism, Hypercalcemia
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
but rather as a condition ... ECG is vital while ... the determined cause ... #differential #algorithm ... #foamed #heartfailure
Cullen's sign. Lipase 1,781. Bruising in the skin around the umbilicus. This sign is named after
This sign is named ... conditions that cause ... pregnancy, or other causes ... indicates a serious condition ... #cullensign #em
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
are typically able ... Consider Sepsis, a condition ... treat the primary cause ... #diagnosis #algorithm ... echocardiogram #management #clinical
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
are typically able ... Consider Sepsis, a condition ... treat the primary cause ... management #cardiology #clinica ... l#foamed #algorithm
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
hyperphosphatemia, hypercalcemia ... renal failure Clinical ... symptoms are not caused ... of diagnosis (e.g ... Self-limiting, chronic but stable
Amyloidosis - Summary
Group of disorders associated with extracellular deposition of fibrils formed from low-molecular-weight proteins in
deposition of fibrils formed ... Clinical suspicion ... Amyloidosis Clinical ... cardiomyopathy • Conduction ... Tests: • Nerve conduction