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Flowchart to interpreting pleural fluid analysis using Light's criteria and based on the British Thoracic Society
pleural fluid analysis ... medical diagrams, tables ... #pleuralfluid #analysis ... #interpretation ... lights #criteria #algorithm
Emergency Management of Hyperkalemia in Adults
Assess Patient - Airway Breathing Circulation Disability Exposure (ABCDE) Approach
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Management of Hyperkalemia ... Resonium • Consider Dialysis ... Consider cause of hyperkalaemia ... recurrence #Hyperkalemia ... #management #algorithm
Treatment algorithm for malignancy-associated hypercalcemia.
Hypercalcemia
 - Renal Failure → Dialysis with low Ca++ bath
Aggressive IV hydration
Treatment algorithm ... for malignancy-associated ... Renal Failure → Dialysis ... or Denosumab #malignancy ... #Treatment #algorithm
Treatment algorithm for malignancy-associated hypercalcemia
 • Aggressive IV hydration
 • IV Bisphosphonate +/- Calcitonin
 • Renal
Treatment algorithm ... for malignancy-associated ... hypercalcemia ... Renal failure: Dalysis ... #algorithm #malignancy
Bradycardia Diagnostic and Management Algorithm

CONSIDER ETIOLOGY (not inclusive): 
 - STRUCTURAL: sick sinus, AV block, ischemia,
and Management Algorithm ... THREATENING CAUSES & TREATMENT ... Electrolytes (hyperkalemia ... insulin, dextrose, dialysis ... #Bradycardia #Algorithm
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management Summary

Causes of Rhabdomyolysis:
 • Trauma:
	- Immobilization
	- Crush injury
	- Compartment
- Seizures - Malignant ... - Neuroleptic malignant ... per day until stable ... Dialysis for severe ... hyperkalemia or
Hypokalemia Evaluation Algorithm

Before evaluating hypokalemia, life threatening complications such as arrhythmias and paralysis should be looked
Hypokalemia Evaluation ... Algorithm Before ... arrhythmias and paralysis ... ↑ Aldosterone: Malignant ... #diagnosis #Algorithm
Hyperkalemia - Management Algorithm
 • IV calcium
 • IV insulin and glucose and/or salbutamolt
 • Consider
Hyperkalemia - Management ... Algorithm • IV ... binder • Consider Dialysis ... , asystole #hyperkalemia ... #treatment
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis and Management Summary

Trauma:
 • Immobilization, Crush iniury, Compartment syndrome, Electrical injury
Exertional:
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training, Seizures, Malignant ... oxidative iniury Treatment ... per day until stable ... Dialysis for severe ... hyperkalemia or
Hyperkalemia - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

S/Sx: Most pts asymptomatic. Weakness, cramping, nausea, paresthesias, palpitations,
Hyperkalemia - Diagnosis ... hyperK periodic paralysis ... Elimination (see Table ... Stabilization Treatments ... Redistribution Treatments