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Mechanisms of Drug-Induced Hyperkalemia 
 • Direct renin inhibitor (Aliskiren)
 • Renin release inhibition (NSAIDs, Beta-Blockers)
(NSAIDs, Beta-Blockers ... • Exogenous (KCL ... #hyperkalemia #differential ... pathophysiology #pharmacology ... #potassium #medications
Potassium Channel Blockers - Medications
1. Cardiovascular Drugs
2. Psychiatric drugs
3. Other drugs
4. Synthetic opioids: Levomethadyl 
5. Opium
Potassium Channel ... Blockers - Medications ... ChannelBlockers #Medications ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #Pharmacology
Class III Antiarrhythmics - Potassium Channel Blockers - Indications and Side Effects
Amiodarone
 • Suppression of VT
Antiarrhythmics - Potassium ... Channel Blockers ... - Indications and ... #pharmacology # ... cardiology
Heart Failure (HFrEF) Treatment - GDMT for stage C 

For patients with Heart Failure with REDUCED
getting patients on medication ... both of these medications ... HeartFailure #HFrEF #Pharmacology ... #Management #Treatment ... #StageC #Cardiology
HFpEF and CAD Management Algorithm
1. Consider revascularization based on current guidelines for CAD and HFpEF*
2. Statins:
HFpEF and CAD Management ... guidelines (eg, recent PCl ... controlled by above medications ... Optimal BP management ... #Algorithm #cardiology
Hyperkalemia - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

S/Sx: Most pts asymptomatic. Weakness, cramping, nausea, paresthesias, palpitations,
Etiology: • Medications ... ARBs, NSAIDs, β-blockers ... Antibiotics (Bactrim, PCN ... tourniquet / IVF line draw ... #Treatment #potassium
Causes of Hyperkalemia - Differential Diagnosis Framework
 • Cellular Shift:
   - Exercise
Hyperkalemia - Differential ... hyperosmolality - Medications ... : beta blockers, ... hyperkalemia: Blood draw ... Diagnosis #Causes #potassium
Pragmatic diagnostic algorithm for hypokalemia. 
***Typical presentations: 
 • Vomiting: urine Na/Cl > 1.6, low urine
1.6, low urine Cl ... correcting serum potassium ... Other medications ... angiotensin receptor blockers ... hypokalemia #diagnosis #differential