Cardiology

Electrolyte disorders

Questions discussed in this category

What is your approach to electrolyte repletion for patients hospitalized with cardiac and non-cardiac conditions?

For example, do you target K >4 and Mg >2?

2 Answers available

Do you recommend checking urine sodium 2 hours after loop diuretic administration to determine the need for dose adjustment in a patient with acute decompensated heart failure?

1 Answer available

Do you use tolvaptan for management of hyponatremia related to heart failure given the side effect profile and lack of mortality benefit seen in a previous trial?

The EVEREST Outcome trial (Konstam et al., PMID 17384437)

1 Answer available

How do you manage calcium and vitamin D supplementation in patients with sarcoidosis on chronic steroids?

1 Answer available

Papers discussed in this category

JAMA, 2012-01-11

Serum potassium levels and mortality in acute myocardial infarction.

Mayo Clinic proceedings, 2015 Aug

Dysmagnesemia in Hospitalized Patients: Prevalence and Prognostic Importance.

Circulation, 2017 Oct 03

Update to Practice Standards for Electrocardiographic Monitoring in Hospital Settings: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association.

Heart rhythm, 2017 Oct 30

2017 AHA/ACC/HRS guideline for management of patients with ventricular arrhythmias and the prevention of sudden cardiac death: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines and the Heart Rhythm Society.

The New England journal of medicine, 2025 Aug 29

Increasing the Potassium Level in Patients at High Risk for Ventricular Arrhythmias.

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