REBEL Core Cast 109.0 – Na Channel Blocker Poisoning

27/09/2023 10 min
REBEL Core Cast 109.0 – Na Channel Blocker Poisoning

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Take Home Points: In the context of poisoning, a “wide QRS” is anything greater than 100 milliseconds. A newly “wide QRS”, especially with hemodynamic instability, should prompt consideration of sodium channel blockade and not ventricular tachycardia. Treatment is guided by administration of sodium-bicarbonate. Recall that the resultant alkalemia driven by sodium-bicarbonate will shift potassium intracellularly. ...
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