Emergency Management of Hyperkalemia — free guideline decision tool
This tool identifies a hyperkalemic emergency by potassium level and ECG changes and frames the three-step approach of membrane stabilization, intracellular shift, and potassium removal.
Open guideline tool →Guideline-based
Implements the decision logic from published clinical guidelines.
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No installation. Enter the patient's values and get a guideline recommendation instantly.
Data stays local
Nothing is uploaded. Results are for licensed clinicians only.
Common questions
What does Emergency Management of Hyperkalemia do?
Use at the bedside to decide whether calcium, insulin/glucose, and removal therapy are needed and to choose dialysis versus binders by renal function.
How is the result calculated?
Emergency = K ≥ 6.5 or hyperkalemic ECG changes. (1) Calcium gluconate stabilizes membrane; (2) insulin + glucose, salbutamol, ± bicarbonate shift; (3) loop diuretic/binders/dialysis remove (dialysis first-line in renal failure).
Is this a substitute for clinical judgement?
No. All results are decision-support only, for licensed clinicians. They must be individualized to the whole patient and the latest guideline version.
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This tool identifies a hyperkalemic emergency by potassium level and ECG changes and frames the three-step approach of membrane stabilization, intracellular shift, and potassium removal.
Open guideline tool →For licensed clinicians. Not a substitute for clinical judgement.