Electrolytes Course

A Series of 19 downloadable videos + their PDF notes + 10 cases with answers (size: 5 GB of content!)

FIRST: Main Topics: Learn everything about:

• Sodium, hyponatremia & hypernatremia.

• Chloride, hyperchloremia & hypochloremia.

• Potassium, hyperkalemia & hypokalemia.

• Magnesium, hypermagnesemia & hypomagnesemia.

• Phosphate, hyperphosphatemia & hypophosphatemia.

• Calcium, hypercalcemia & hypocalcemia.

SECOND: Sub-Topics (discussed very briefly):

• Normal Kidney Physiology (Proximal tubule, loop of Henle, Distal tubule, collecting ducts)

• Different types of saline (IV fluids): normal saline, half-normal saline, hypotonic solutions, hypertonic saline, …etc.

• ECG changes caused by electrolyte disturbances.

• QT shortening vs QT prolongation.

• Diabetes insipidus (central and nephrogenic, and the water deprivation test)

• Diabetes mellitus (and how to correct the sodium for hyperglycemia)

• Osmotic demyelination syndrome.

• Hyperparathyroidism

• Mnemonics

• Saline-responsive metabolic alkalosis vs Saline-resistant metabolic alkalosis.

• Hyperchloremic metabolic acidosis (NAGMA) vs normochloremic metabolic acidosis (HAGMA)

• Osmolar gap and anion gap.

• Water deficit calculations.

• Corrected calcium for hypoalbuminemia.

• Digoxin, beta agonists, and beta blockers.

• Diuretics.

• Baroreceptors and carotid sinus syndrome.

• Syndrome of inappropriate ADH secretion (SIADH)

• Oxygen-hemoglobin dissociation curve.

• and much more…

Plus 10 cases + answers + explanation!

—> Please note that this is a course on electrolyte imbalance, and NOT about acid-base disorders.

Acid-base disorders course will be sold separately starting March 20, 2021.