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Hyperkalemia on EKG
"Mild" Hyperkalemia
 • Peaked, narrow-based T Waves
 • Double counting of HR by EKG
Hyperkalemia on ... EKG "Mild" Hyperkalemia ... QRS widening • Sinus ... bradycardia • ... #EKG #ECG #electrocardiogram
Bradycardia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

BRADI Mnemonic
 • BRASH/Hyperkalemia
 • Reduced oxygen/Glucose/Temp
 • ACS
 • Drugs
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Mnemonic • BRASH/Hyperkalemia ... BRASH Syndrome - Hyperkalemia ... • Shock • Hyperkalemia ... Abscess • Sick sinus ... Athletes • Carotid sinus
Bradycardia Diagnostic and Management Algorithm

CONSIDER ETIOLOGY (not inclusive): 
 - STRUCTURAL: sick sinus, AV block, ischemia,
Bradycardia Diagnostic ... STRUCTURAL: sick sinus ... THREATENING CAUSES & TREATMENT ... Electrolytes (hyperkalemia ... Diagnosis #Management #Bradycardia
BRASH Syndrome

B - Bradycardia
R - Renal failure
A - AV nodal blockade
S - Shock
H - Hyperkalemia

Typical ECG
Syndrome B - Bradycardia ... flattening of P waves (Bradycardia ... ) BRASH Treatment ... • Aggressive treatment ... of hyperkalemia
Hypothermia on EKG
 • J (Osborn) waves
 • PR, QRS, and QT prolongation
 • Various bradyarrythmias
bradyarrythmias (e.g. sinus ... bradycardia, a ... waves #EKG #ECG #electrocardiogram
Beta Blocker Side Effects / Toxicity
Cardiac Side Effects:
 • Sinus bradycardia, AV block, Heart failure exacerbation,
Side Effects: • Sinus ... bradycardia, AV ... Facilitation of hyperkalemia
Approach to ECGs - Tachy/Bradyarrhythmias
Tachyarrhythmias - HR > 100
Wide
  (1) VT - DANGER
  (2)
DANGER (2) Sinus ... Regular (1) Sinus ... bradycardia ... #Tachycardia #Bradycardia ... EKG #diagnosis #electrocardiogram
Intraoperative  Bradycardia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Bradycardia in theatre should not be treated as
Intraoperative Bradycardia ... remember to tailor treatment ... no pulse OR not sinus ... pulse present AND sinus ... myocardial infarction, hyperkalaemia
Hyperkalemia - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

S/Sx: Most pts asymptomatic. Weakness, cramping, nausea, paresthesias, palpitations,
Hyperkalemia - Diagnosis ... palpitations, bradycardia ... QRS intervals, bradycardia ... Redistribution Treatments ... HyperK-induced bradycardia
Emergent Hyperkalemia Treatment Algorithm
ECG changes, weakness, K+ >6.5 Or renal insufficiency with K >5.5 with cellular
Emergent Hyperkalemia ... Treatment Algorithm ... PR, wide QRS, bradycardia ... not quickly) #Hyperkalemia ... #Treatment #Algorithm