Fluids and Electrolytes Masterclass
Nephrology
The team at Medmastery are providing LITFL readers with a series of FOAMed courses from across their website.
Description
If you are a clinician working in internal medicine, you are likely taking care of patients with fluid and electrolyte problems on a daily basis. This course teaches you the nuts and bolts of fluid and electrolyte management. You’ll discover what it really means when sodium or potassium levels are abnormal, learn how to diagnose and treat imbalances, and get expert tips for prescribing diuretics.
Course Details
54 Lessons
9 Quizzes
5 CME
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Course Highlights
Diuretics don’t always work as expected–what do you do when diuresis is not sufficient? In this video Joel Topf looks at how to alter treatment based on the pattern of diuretic response seen in your patient.
Treatment of acute symptomatic hyponatremia
In this video Joel Topf looks at how the treatment algorithms for uncompensated hyponatremia differ based on the severity of symptoms.
Acetazolamide and potassium-sparing diuretics
In this video Joel Topf looks at acetazolamide and potassium-sparing diuretics; how to optimise your patients’ diuretic regimen; the advantages and disadvantages of each diuretic; and what to do when they don’t work.
Polyuria, polydipsia and diabetes insipidus
In this video Joel Topf looks at how you can easily differentiate between different types of diabetes insipidus.
In this video Joel Topf looks at three types of potassium wasting nephropathies: Polyuria; distal RTA; and hypomagnesemia…and how each can lead to hypokalemia.