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Causes of Hypokalemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Increased Loss 
 - Increased GI Loss
 - Increased Urinary
Hypokalemia - Differential ... Increased Cell Production ... K-ATPase which imports ... #Hypokalemia #Differential ... potassium #low #pathophysiology
Drugs Causing Acute Pancreatitis

Class Ia: The medications in which there was a rechallenge and other causes
Class Ia: The medications ... published case reports ... Class IV: Weakest association ... Pancreatitis #Causes #Differential ... #DrugInduced #Medications
Mechanisms of Drug-Induced Hyperkalemia 
 • Direct renin inhibitor (Aliskiren)
 • Renin release inhibition (NSAIDs, Beta-Blockers)
#hyperkalemia #differential ... #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... #pharmacology # ... potassium #medications
Schematic representation of the major sources of ammonia production and its excretory pathway (GI = gastrointestinal,
sources of ammonia production ... into increased production ... ileal conduit - Medications ... deficiency #Ammonia #Pathophysiology ... Hyperammonemia #Differential
Drugs Implicated in Hemolytic Anemia
 • Hapten (Drug binding to RBC membrane): Penicillin, Cephalosporin, Tetracycline, Tolbutamide,
Autoantibody (induction ... Bloodman #Drugs #medications ... Hemolytic #Anemia #differential ... #diagnosis #pharmacology
Drug-Induced Edema
Drug-induced edema is caused by many drugs & can coincide with or worsen pre-existing peripheral
DrugInduced #Edema #Medication ... #Causes #Differential ... #Pharmacology # ... Pathophysiology
Causes of Hypomagnesemia
Redistribution:
 - IV glucose
 - Correction of diabetic ketoacidosis
 - IV hyperalimentation
 - Refeeding
- Small bowel resection ... Causes #diagnosis #differential ... #medications #drugs ... #pharmacology #
Peripheral Edema - Differential Diagnosis Framework for Lower Extremity Edema

Edema occurs when any of the following
Peripheral Edema - Differential ... insufficiency • Medications ... ) • Allergic reaction ... Peripheral #Edema #differential ... #PhysicalExam #Pathophysiology
Thiamine Deficiency - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Clinical Manifestations

Causes of Thiamine Deficiency:
 • Poor intake:
	- Diets
Thiamine Deficiency - Differential ... : - Impaired short-term ... contraction, blood flow reduction ... Manifestations #Differential ... beriberi #nutrition #pathophysiology
Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia: Pathogenesis and Medications
Aging
 -> Increased Testosterone -> Testosterone metabolized into DHT by type
Pathogenesis and Medications ... cells -> Decr DHT production ... Hyperplasia #Prostate #Pathophysiology ... #Medications #Pharmacology