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Differential Diagnosis for a Prolonged PT and aPTT
If the PT and the aPTT are both prolonged,
Causes include : ... Pre-analytical cause ... Drugs: Direct or ... drugs (e.g. direct ... aPTT #Prolonged #Causes
Causes of Abnormal PT and/or aPTT
Prolonged Prothrombin Time (PT)
1. Acquired deficiency of FVII
Causes of Abnormal ... Drugs a. ... Pre-analytical cause ... Drugs a. ... drugs e.g. direct
Drugs associated with hypokalemia and hypomagnesemia

Hypokalemia
- Shift from extracellular fluid to intracellular fluid compartment
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Drugs associated ... Antimicrobials Drug-induced ... Tyrosine kinase inhibitors ... panitumumab) #Drugs ... diagnosis #nephrology #Causes
Drugs causing hyperkalemia
 • Impaired release of renin: NSAIDs, Beta blockers, Cyclosporine, tacrolimus, Diabetes, Elderly
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Drugs causing hyperkalemia ... Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors ... Drospirenone #Drugs ... #medications #causes
Hyperuricemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Primary - Over-production
     • Increased turnover of nucleotides
Primary
Chemotherapy • Drug-induced ... Hypercalcemia - Drug-Induced ... Antiuricosuric drugs ... • ACE inhibitors ... endocrinology #causes
Urine Drug Screens - Common drugs that may cause false positive tests 

Amphetamines:
Bupropion, Labetalol, Methylphenidate, Phenylephrine,
Urine Drug Screens ... - Common drugs ... that may cause false ... Efavirenz, Proton pump inhibitors
SGLT2 Inhibitors 
SGLT2 inhibitors are the newest class of anti-diabetic medications, with the first one (Canagliflozin)
SGLT2 Inhibitors ... SGLT2 inhibitors ... kidney), which causes ... Benefits of these drugs ... people call these drugs
Causes of Hypomagnesemia
Redistribution:
 - IV glucose
 - Correction of diabetic ketoacidosis
 - IV hyperalimentation
 - Refeeding
Causes of Hypomagnesemia ... renal disease Drugs ... - Proton pump inhibitors ... Hypomagnesemia #Causes ... #medications #drugs
Common causes of Acute Kidney Injury AKI - Differential Diagnosis
HEMODYNAMIC
 • Cardiac failure: Impaired forward flow,
Common causes of ... e.g. calcineurin inhibitors ... systemic disease or drugs ... hypotension • Drugs ... NephroP #AKI #causes
The Diagnostic Approach to Hyperkalemia
Drugs
 - Amiloride
 - Spironolactone
 - Triamterene
 - Trimethoprim
 - Pentamidine
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Hyperkalemia Drugs ... - Calcineurin inhibitors ... Other causes ... #differential #causes