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Diuretics - summary table
Thiazides and Related Diuretics: HCTZ, Chlorthalidone, Metolazone, Indapamide, Bendroflumethiazide 
Loop Diuretics: Furosemide, Ethacrynic
summary table Thiazides ... Furosemide, Ethacrynic acid ... #pharmacology # ... table #thiazide ... #aldosterone
Diuretic Electrolyte Excretion Effects 
Diuresis, Na+, K+, Mg2+, Ca2+, Cl-, HCO3-, Uric Acid
 - Thiazide Type
-, HCO3-, Uric Acid ... - Thiazide Type ... - Loop - Aldosterone ... electrolytes #effects #pharmacology
Ethacrynic acid - Conversion
Only loop diuretic without a sulfonamide substituent.
Rarely used alternative in patients who have
Ethacrynic acid ... - Conversion Only ... loop diuretic without ... mg = Ethacrynic acid ... #Conversion #pharmacology
Nephron Pathophysiology - Diuretic Sites of Action
Diuretics
1) Acetazolamide/canagliflozin
2) Osmotic agents (mannitol, urearetics)
3) Loop agents (eg, furosemide)
4)
urearetics) 3) Loop ... furosemide) 4) Thiazides ... 5) Aldosterone ... Action #nephrology #pharmacology
Hypokalemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Extra-renal Losses:
 • Normal Acid-Base: Low intake
 • Metabolic acidosis: Gl tract
Losses: • Normal Acid-Base ... Ureterosigmoidoscopy • HTN, Low Aldosterone ... • HTN, High Aldosterone ... • HTN Absent: Loop ... and thiazide diuretics
Diuretics - Pharmacology

Thiazides diuretics:
 • Inhibit Na+ Cl- cotransporter in distal tubule
 • Chlorothiazide, Chlorthalidone, Indapamide,
Diuretics - Pharmacology ... Thiazides diuretics ... Metolazone Loop ... #nephrology #conversion ... #loop #thiazide
Diuretics and Agents Regulating Renal Excretion

Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors (Acetazolamide, Dichlorphenamide)
 • Glaucoma
 • Epilepsy
 • Altitude
+2Cl- Symport (Loop ... Bumetanide, Ethacrynic acid ... +CI- Symport - Thiazide ... Receptor Antagonists (Aldosterone ... Diuresis #Nephrology #Pharmacology
Pharmacologic Options for Hypercalcemia Associated with Cancer
Rehydration with NS followed by loop diuretics
 • IV normal
Pharmacologic Options ... NS followed by loop ... Pamidronate, Zoledronic acid ... Inhibits vitamin D conversion ... drugs #treatment #pharmacology