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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 ... #differential # ... #pharmacology #
Drugs causing hyperkalemia
 • Impaired release of renin: NSAIDs, Beta blockers, Cyclosporine, tacrolimus, Diabetes, Elderly
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Drugs causing hyperkalemia ... Diabetes, Elderly • Angiotensin-converting ... inhibitors • Angiotensin ... medications #causes #differential ... #diagnosis
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 ... avoid harmful hyperkalemia ... ReninAngiotensinAldosteroneSystem #RAAS #Pharmacology ... #Renin #Angiotensin
Pharmaceutical agents other than olmesartan have been reported to cause villous atrophy on occasion and are
frequent cause of drug-induced ... including other angiotensin ... #Pharmacology #Drugs ... #Induced #Medications ... #Differential #
Causes of Hyperkalemia
Pseudohyperkalemia
 - Tourniquet use
 - Hemolysis (in vitro)
 - Leukocytosis
 - Thrombocytosis
Intra- to extracellular
Causes of Hyperkalemia ... , angiotensin-converting ... enzyme inhibitors, angiotensin ... #Causes #diagnosis ... #differential
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 ... #Differential #
Secondary Causes of Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hypertension - BP > 140/90 (>130/80 for DM)
Hypertensive urgency
Hypertension - Differential ... hypertension (multi-drug ... steroids) • Renin-Angiotensin ... Hyperthyroidism • Hypercalcemia ... Secondary #Nephrology #Differential
Medications Contributing to Dysgeusia

Antimicrobial medicines	Macrolides, fluoroquinolones, ampicillin, metronidazole, tetracycline, trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, amphotericin B, terbinafine and other antimycotic
other antimycotic drugs ... Angiotensin-converting ... Medications #Dysgeusia #Induced ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Pharmacology
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
Lactic Acidosis - Differential ... source of energy, conversion ... circulation If drugs ... Alcohol • Type B2: Drugs ... #typea #typeb #classification