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Losartan - angiotensin II receptor blocker indicated for hypertension mgmt. 10th most prescribed drug in the
Losartan - angiotensin ... most prescribed drug ... #Cozaar #AngiotensinII ... ReceptorBlocker #ARB ... #Overview #Review
Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors - Inhibit the conversion of AngI to AngII
 • Captopril, Lisinopril, Enalapril, Benazepril,
Angiotensin-Converting ... , Perindopril Angiotensin ... Aliskiren #Angiotensin ... #pharmacology # ... #medications #drugs
Mechanisms of Drug-Induced Hyperkalemia 
 • Direct renin inhibitor (Aliskiren)
 • Renin release inhibition (NSAIDs, Beta-Blockers)
Mechanisms of Drug-Induced ... Beta-Blockers) • Angiotensin-converting ... Lisinopril) • Angiotensin ... #hyperkalemia #differential ... pathophysiology #pharmacology
Here’s a review of the Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone system (RAAS)

This is a very common pathway that clinicians should
Here’s a review ... of the Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone ... Aliskiren, ACEI, ARB ... ReninAngiotensinAldosteroneSystem #RAAS #Pharmacology ... #Renin #Angiotensin
Angiotensin Receptor Blockers 
Recommended Dose Conversions 

Valsartan 
Irbesartan 
Losartan 
Olmesartan 
Telmisartan 
Candesartan 
Azilsartan 
Eprosartan 

A few
Angiotensin Receptor ... dose of another drug ... recalls, this drug ... /ambcarerx #Angiotensin ... #Dosing #Pharmacology
Medications Used in Congestive Heart Failure

In CHF, the heart is failing as a pump; cardiac output
and the renin-angiotensin ... system are designed ... failure is chronic Drug ... #Pharmacology #CHF ... Cardiology #Preload #Afterload
Causes, classification and compensatory responses to shock.

Shock can be caused by any pathological process that leads
Causes, classification ... forms of shock are ... RAAS, renin–angiotensinaldosterone ... CriticalCare #Shock #Differential ... Causes #Types #Classification
Causes of Hyperkalemia
l. Pseudohyperkalemia
  A Cellular efflux; thrombocytosis, erythrocytosis, leukocytosis, in vitro hemolysis
  B.
Inhibition of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone ... Angiotensin-converting ... inhibitors or angiotensin ... Angiotensin receptor ... #Hyperkalemia #Differential
Pharmaceutical agents other than olmesartan have been reported to cause villous atrophy on occasion and are
on occasion and are ... frequent cause of drug-induced ... including other angiotensin ... #Pharmacology #Drugs ... #Medications #Differential