#93 Hyperkalemia in CKD: Mind the Gap Segment

A dialysis patient with a chronic cough: is it COPD, or are they still volume overloaded?A patient with AKI and hyperkalemia says they’re still peeing — does that rule out post-obstructive AKI?A patient arrives in the ED with uremic symptoms and a newly created AV fistula. Can yo ...  Show more

Most clinicians see dementia medications on the med rec, but many of us aren’t sure how much they actually help. In this episode we break down donepezil, memantine, and the new anti-amyloid drugs, and when to stop them.• Do cholinesterase inhibitors really work?• What should clin ...  Show more

Contributor: Peter Bakes, MD

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CardioNerd Amit Goyal is joined by Dr. Erika Hutt (Cleveland Clinic general cardiology fellow), Dr. Aldo Schenone (Brigham and Women’s advanced cardiovascular imaging fellow), and Dr. Wael Jaber (Cleveland Clinic cardiovascular imaging staff and co-founder of Cardiac Imaging Agor ...  Show more

Tony, Hannah and Avi are back at it with another cardiology-nephrology episode, this time examining why calcium "stabilizes" the cardiac membrane in hyperkalemia. For that matter, what does it even mean to stabilize a membrane?

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This week we discuss the management of hyperkalemia + a journal update on beta blockers vs Ca channel blockers in AF https://media.blubrry.com/coreem/content.blubrry.com/coreem/Core_EM_Podcast_7_Final.m4a Download Leave a Comment Tags: Atrial Fibrillation, Hyperkalemia Show Notes ...  Show more