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Hyperuricemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Primary - Over-production
     • Increased turnover of nucleotides
Primary
Hyperuricemia - Differential ... Hypercalcemia - Drug-Induced ... Antiuricosuric drugs ... inhibitors • Cyclosporine ... Hyperuricemia #Differential
Drugs causing hyperkalemia
 • Impaired release of renin: NSAIDs, Beta blockers, Cyclosporine, tacrolimus, Diabetes, Elderly
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Drugs causing hyperkalemia ... Beta blockers, Cyclosporine ... Drospirenone #Drugs ... medications #causes #differential
Drugs associated with hypokalemia and hypomagnesemia

Hypokalemia
- Shift from extracellular fluid to intracellular fluid compartment
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Drugs associated ... Antimicrobials Drug-induced ... Calcineurin inhibitors (cyclosporine ... panitumumab) #Drugs ... #Medications #differential
Medications causing Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
Prerenal:
 • Dehydration: Diuretics
 • Altered intrarenal autoregulation: ACEIs / ARBs,
inhibitors (e.g. cyclosporine ... decongestants) • Any drug ... #Medications #Drugs ... #pharmacology #differential
Hyponatremia - Differential Diagnosis by Mechanism
Decr Blood Pressure (“Decr Effective Circulating Volume”) 
 - Volume depletion
Hyponatremia - Differential ... exacerbation) - Drugs ... carbamazepine, cyclosporine ... #Hyponatremia #Differential
Mechanisms of Drug-Induced Hyperkalemia 
 • Direct renin inhibitor (Aliskiren)
 • Renin release inhibition (NSAIDs, Beta-Blockers)
Mechanisms of Drug-Induced ... Inhibitors (Tacrolimus, Cyclosporine ... #hyperkalemia #differential
Causes of Hypomagnesemia
Redistribution:
 - IV glucose
 - Correction of diabetic ketoacidosis
 - IV hyperalimentation
 - Refeeding
renal disease Drugs ... Calcineurin inhibitors (cyclosporine ... Causes #diagnosis #differential ... #medications #drugs
Drug Reaction with Eosinophilia and Systemic Symptoms (DRESS)
Definition: 
 • Severe adverse drug reaction, characterized by
Drug Reaction with ... Severe adverse drug ... Resolution > 15 days Differentials ... Exanthematous drug ... Line Therapy: Cyclosporin
Causes of Hypomagnesemia
 • Redistribution: IV glucose, Correction of diabetic ketoacidosis, IV hyperalimentation, Refeeding after starvation,
renal disease • Drugs ... Calcineurin inhibitors (cyclosporine ... Hypomagnesemia #Causes #differential
Causes of Hyperkalemia
Pseudohyperkalemia
 - Tourniquet use
 - Hemolysis (in vitro)
 - Leukocytosis
 - Thrombocytosis
Intra- to extracellular
Potassium-containing drugs ... Renal failure* - Drugs—potassium-sparing ... anti-inflammatory drugs ... receptor blockers, cyclosporine ... Causes #diagnosis #differential