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ACEI Antihypertensive Dose Comparison. Consider divided (BID) regimen for better pre-dose (trough) BP control for the
ACEI Antihypertensive ... the following ACEIs ... Monitor BP, potassium ... #ACEInhibitor #ACEIs
HFrEF: Guideline Directed Medical Therapy

"Must Be On"
 • ACEI, ARB, or ARNI AND select Beta Blockers
Must Be On" • ACEI ... , ARB, or ARNI AND ... before increasing ACEI ... Reducing: • ACEI ... or ARB • ARNI
Guidelines Directed medical therapy for Heart Failure 

Satyendra Dhar, MD, @DharSaty

#HFrEF #GDMT #sodium-glucosecotransporter-2inhibitors #SGLT2i #reninangiotensinaldosteronesysteminhibitors
AngiotensinReceptorNeprilysinInhibitor #ACEi ... angiotensinreceptorblockers #ARB #ARNI
Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF) - Guideline Directed Medical Therapy - Initiation Strategies

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Stepwise Approach: ACE ... , ARB, ARNI → Beta-Blocker ... -2 Inhibitor → ARNI
Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF) - Guideline Directed Medical Therapy
 • Beta-blocker
 • ACE,
Beta-blocker • ACE ... , ARB, ARNI
Hyperkalemia: Diagnostic algorithm
Decreased renal potassium excretion
 • Acute renal failure
 • Chronic renal failure
 • Drugs
Increased
Decreased renal potassium ... Drugs Increased potassium ... (oral/iv) • Potassium-rich ... Normal, Renin High ... hypoplasia Aldosterone high
Drugs that Impair Renal Potassium Excretion 

Decreased ENaC channel function: Amiloride, Triamterene, Pentamidine
Decreased Aldosterone Synthesis: Heparin,
that Impair Renal Potassium ... Aldosterone Release: ACE ... Pharmacology #Impaired #Potassium
Here’s a review of the Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone system (RAAS)

This is a very common pathway that clinicians should
with excreting potassium ... classes (Aliskiren, ACEI ... while retaining potassium ... will increase potassium ... , which is why potassium
Hyperkalemia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

PseudoHyperkalemia:
 • Lab error
 • Traumatic venipuncture
 • Hemolysis, thrombocytosis, leukocytosis
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phlebotomy High ... • NSAIDs • ACE ... • Recent IV potassium ... diagnosis #causes #potassium ... #high #nephrology
Acute Mountain Sickness 
Low partial pressure of oxygen at high altitude 
• Stop ascent 
• Supportive
pressure of oxygen at high ... fluids, analgesia, ani