S6 Ep117: This Lab is Bananas, B-A-N-A-N-A-S: Hyperkalemia in the Acute Setting

08/14/24 • 66 min

We’ve all been there - you’re woken up by a critical page and a bright red potassium number blares at you from the computer screen. How do you make sense of the number? What does it mean for a potassium to be hemolyzed? And what are the steps to treating it? Dr. Jordan Symons (Seattle), walks us through all this and more as we learn all about hyperkalemia.

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In this episode, pediatric nephrologist Dr. Myda Khalid (Indiana) teaches us about hemolytic uremic syndrome. Join us as we learn about the clinical manifestations of HUS, different methods for stool testing, and the role of interventions including fluids, transfusions, and renal replacement therapy.

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S6 Ep118: Even MORE Bananas, B-A-N-A-N-A-S: Hyperkalemia in CKD

PART 2. In our last episode, we discussed hyperkalemia management in an otherwise renally healthy patient. But what if your patient has chronic kidney disease? Are they okay if their potassium has been 5.9 for a long time? How does our management change? Nephrologist Dr. Jordan Symons returns to offer his advice on outpatient and inpatient management of acute-on-chronic hyperkalemia.