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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 ... #differential #diagnosis
Differential Diagnosis for a Prolonged PT and aPTT
If the PT and the aPTT are both prolonged,
Differential Diagnosis ... Drugs: Direct or ... drugs (e.g. direct ... Inhibitors: Non ... Prolonged #Causes #diagnosis
Causes of Abnormal PT and/or aPTT
Prolonged Prothrombin Time (PT)
1. Acquired deficiency of FVII
Drugs a. ... Direct Xa inhibitors ... Drugs a. ... drugs e.g. direct ... Prolonged #Causes #diagnosis
Mechanisms of Drug-Induced Hyperkalemia 
 • Direct renin inhibitor (Aliskiren)
 • Renin release inhibition (NSAIDs, Beta-Blockers)
Mechanisms of Drug-Induced ... • Direct renin inhibitor ... Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors ... • Calcineurin Inhibitors ... #differential #diagnosis
Causes of Palpitations
 • ARRHYTHMiA 
 • SINUS ARRYTHMIA 
 • ATRIAL FIBRILLATION 
 • ATRIAL
MYOCARDITIS DRUGS ... • ILLICIT DRUGS ... • THERAPEUTIC DRUG ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Cardiology
Clinical Pharmacologic Properties of Antiarrhythmic Drugs

#Antiarrhythmic #Drugs #Medications #Pharmacology #Cardiology #Table #Effects
Clinical Pharmacologic ... Antiarrhythmic Drugs ... Antiarrhythmic #Drugs ... #Pharmacology #Cardiology
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 ... #differential #diagnosis
Hyperuricemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Primary - Over-production
     • Increased turnover of nucleotides
Primary
- Differential Diagnosis ... Hypercalcemia - Drug-Induced ... Antiuricosuric drugs ... • ACE inhibitors ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Urine Drug Screens - Common drugs that may cause false positive tests 

Amphetamines:
Bupropion, Labetalol, Methylphenidate, Phenylephrine,
Urine Drug Screens ... - Common drugs ... Efavirenz, Proton pump inhibitors ... Laboratory #Toxicology #Diagnosis
Myocarditis 

5 Principles of
Myocarditis:
1. Build clinical suspicion
2. Decide on EMBx
3. Manage acute cardiac injury
4. Manage chronic
Build clinical suspicion ... myocarditis Clinical ... Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors ... #Myocarditis #diagnosis ... #management #cardiology