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Drugs Causing Acute Pancreatitis

Class Ia: The medications in which there was a rechallenge and other causes
Drugs Causing Acute ... Class Ia: The medications ... reports giving dose ... Differential #Diagnosis #Drugs ... #DrugInduced #Medications
Hypomagnesemia - Etiologies by Mechanism

Decreased GI Uptake 
 - Poor dietary intake (particularly common in alcoholics)
/ IBD Renal Loses ... - Medications ... Low #Magnesium #Table ... Classification #Causes ... #Workup #hypomg
Drugs associated with hypokalemia and hypomagnesemia

Hypokalemia
- Shift from extracellular fluid to intracellular fluid compartment
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Drugs associated ... with hypokalemia ... Insulin (high dose ... #Medications #differential ... diagnosis #nephrology #Causes
Potassium-Binding Agents to Treat Hyperkalemia
Sodium zirconium cyclosilicate (Lokelma):
 • Mechanism: Preferentially captures K in exchange for
10 g QD (adjust dose ... Usual maintenance dose ... g QD; increase dose ... #medications #pharmacology ... #table #comparison
Drug-Induced Hypertension - Common Medications 

Corticosteroids (prednisone) 
Sympathomimetics (amphetamine, pseudoephedrine)
SNRl's (duloxetine, venlafaxine) 
Calcineurin Inhibitors (tacrolimus, cyclosporine)
- Common Medications ... hypertension, with medications ... ton of different medications ... /ambcarerx #DrugInduced ... #Hypertension #Medications
Drug Induced Liver Injury (DILI) - Stepwise Diagnosis Algorithm
DILI suspicion
Features toxic aetiology: Skin involvement, Kidney injury,
Drug Induced Liver ... information (e.g. dose ... duration), Several medications ... for alternative causes ... hepatitis #DILI #DrugInduced
Lyrica (Pregabalin) 
Indications: Neuropathy (diabetic, postherpetic neuralgia, fibromyalgia, & spinal cord injury), Adjunctive therapy for partial-onset
(Pregabalin) Indications ... Primary indications ... and for nerve pain ... to be renally dose ... will likely cause
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
Hypertension - Workup ... use of adequate doses ... with previously stable ... #Hypertension #Workup ... #Diagnosis #indications
Hyperkalemia - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

S/Sx: Most pts asymptomatic. Weakness, cramping, nausea, paresthesias, palpitations,
Etiology: • Medications ... reabsorption) Workup ... only if no clear cause ... Elimination (see Table ... STOP offending medications
Pain, Agitation, and Delirium (PAD) in the ICU
Addressing the ICU Triad (PAD) can be accomplished through
scenario / sedation indication ... it should not cause ... A dissociative drug ... , it causes amnesia ... Delirium #PAD #ICU #CriticalCare