Hyperkalaemia
- Created by: MazzaW
- Created on: 15-11-19 11:50
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- Hyperkalaemia
- Causes
- Increased extraneous load
- Too much dietary intake
- Potassium supplements
- Decreased excretion
- acidosis
- drugs
- ACEI/ARB
- adrenal insufficiency
- Addisons
- hypo-aldosteronism
- Addisonian crisis
- Gordon's syndrome
- Increased release from cells
- acidosis
- tissue injury
- rhabdo-myolysis
- tumour lysis syndrome
- depolarising agents
- digoxin
- Increased extraneous load
- Symptoms
- cardiac arrhythmias
- Muscle weakness
- paralysis
- Increased insulin production
- Abnormal ECG
- Paraesthesias
- Investigations
- ECG
- U+Es
- Serum glucose
- Other electrolytes
- Mgmt
- 10mL 10% calcium gluconate
- Insulin + dextrose
- Dialysis if resistant to other mgmt
- Causes
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