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Hyperkalemia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

PseudoHyperkalemia:
 • Lab error
 • Traumatic venipuncture
 • Hemolysis, thrombocytosis, leukocytosis
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Diagnosis Framework ... • NSAIDs • ACE ... (Uncontrolled diabetes ... paralysis - Insulin ... potassium #high #nephrology
Hyperkalemia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

PseudoHyperkalemia:
 • Lab error
 • Traumatic venipuncture
 • Hemolysis, thrombocytosis, leukocytosis
 •
Diagnosis Framework ... • NSAIDs • ACE ... (Uncontrolled diabetes ... paralysis - Insulin ... potassium #high #nephrology
Causes of Hyperkalemia - Reduced Excretion - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Reduced flow through distal nephron - TTKG
Excretion - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Aldosterone • ACEi ... Aldosterone • Diabetic ... IntercellularShift #Nephrology
Causes of High-anion Gap and Non-anion Gap Metabolic Acidosis
Causes of High-anion Gap Acidosis:
 • Lactic acidosis
Ketoacidosis: Diabetic ... Drug-induced hyperkalemia ... ACE-Is and ARBs ... #diagnosis #causes ... #nephrology
Causes of Hypokalemia
Transcellular Shifts:
 - Alkalosis, Increased plasma insulin (treatment of diabetic ketoacidosis), ß-Adrenergic agonists, Hypokalemic
Increased plasma insulin ... (treatment of diabetic ... (accidental or induced ... Hypokalemia #Causes #differential ... #diagnosis #nephrology
Medications Contributing to Dysgeusia

Antimicrobial medicines	Macrolides, fluoroquinolones, ampicillin, metronidazole, tetracycline, trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, amphotericin B, terbinafine and other antimycotic
Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE ... anti-depressants Psychiatric ... Medications #Dysgeusia #Induced ... Drugs #Causes #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Pharmacology