⚡️An important point to remember is that 98% of the potassium (K) stores in the body are intracellular so even a small amount of K released from the cells can significantly affect the concentration of ‘measured’ extracellular potassium
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⚡️When blood is drawn to measure potassium, you are measuring ‘extracellular’ potassium concentration and NOT intracellular potassium concentration
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⚡️40 yr. female had a successful kidney transplant 14 months ago
-She presents with enlarging aneurysm of AVF
-On exam AVF was not collapsible on arm elevation test
-As AVF was not being used for dialysis, minimally invasive ligation of AVF was done👇🏽 2/
⚡️5 days later she presented with redness, swelling and pain over the AVF site
-No flow was present in the AVF
-Patient was managed conservatively without the use of antibiotics and her symptoms resolved in 10 days👇🏽 3/
💥 Another interesting clinical case of “Dizziness following angioplasty of the right forearm AVF in a hemodialysis patient” - by @AdinaVoiculescu@ASDINNews@dialysisaccess1
⚡️81 year old hemodialysis patient with a right radial cephalic AVF (created recently) and a left brachial cephalic AVF created a year ago and abandoned due to low AVF flow (but the left AVF was not ligated)👇🏽 2/
⚡️Patient presented with signs of poor inflow in the right radial cephalic AVF and a Fistulogram confirmed inflow stenosis👇🏽
-AVF angioplasty was performed and improvement in AVF flow was documented following inflow stenosis angioplasty👇🏽 3/
⚡️Cervical Plexus Block technique for perm cath insertion using 5-10 cc of lidocaine and a standard needle👇🏽
⚡️For more information on this technique go to: nysora.com 2/
⚡️Next is the Single Incision Technique for perm cath insertion👇🏽 3/