Vanderbilt Chairman of Emergency Medicine, Professor of Emergency Medicine and Medicine, Medical Director -Metro Nashville Fire Department and BNA Int'l Airport
Hyper K: a few pearls…
-save Ca for significant ECG changes (wide QRS, severe brady/block)
-kayexalate is a drug looking for an indication: don’t waist your time using it
Mattu vs Slovis smack down
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Slovis: Thinking about taking a Mg level to assess for hypoMg? Just don’t!
Won’t reflect low body Mg.
If hypoK -> hypoMg
Suggest high Mg foods (potato, banana, avocado) or give IV
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Global Sounds donated more ultrasound equipment. This week we're donating Butterfly iQ systems to Diamond Hospital in Guyana and the residency program at Georgetown Public Hospital Corp. This was the first time our board member @SriJagjit helped lead a course.
Ranked No. 1 in the Southeast region for volume for its combined adult and pediatric procedures, VUMC performed a record 97 total heart transplantations in 2017. https://t.co/em2DsIMYEj