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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 ... renal Fanconi syndrome ... panitumumab) #Drugs ... #Medications #differential ... #diagnosis #nephrology
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 ... Prolonged #Causes #diagnosis ... #differential #
Mechanisms of Drug-Induced Hyperkalemia 
 • Direct renin inhibitor (Aliskiren)
 • Renin release inhibition (NSAIDs, Beta-Blockers)
Mechanisms of Drug-Induced ... • Direct renin inhibitor ... • Calcineurin Inhibitors ... #hyperkalemia #differential ... #diagnosis #pathophysiology
Causes of Abnormal PT and/or aPTT
Prolonged Prothrombin Time (PT)
1. Acquired deficiency of FVII
Drugs a. ... Drugs a. ... drugs e.g. direct ... Prolonged #Causes #diagnosis ... #differential #
Causes of Hypomagnesemia
Redistribution:
 - IV glucose
 - Correction of diabetic ketoacidosis
 - IV hyperalimentation
 - Refeeding
renal disease Drugs ... - Proton pump inhibitors ... Hypomagnesemia #Causes #diagnosis ... #differential # ... medications #drugs
Causes of Pharyngitis - Differential Diagnosis
Infectious:
 • Bacterial: Group A Strep, Group B and C Strep,
Pharyngitis - Differential ... Diagnosis Infectious ... Lupus, Behcet syndrome ... Autoinflammatory syndromes ... #Diagnosis #Causes
Hypertension and Altered Mental Status (AMS) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Hypertension:
 • Hypertensive emergency
 • Hypertensive encephalopathy
Status (AMS) - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... • Cushing’s syndrome ... Monoamine oxidase inhibitors ... Drug (-):
Common causes of Acute Kidney Injury AKI - Differential Diagnosis
HEMODYNAMIC
 • Cardiac failure: Impaired forward flow,
Kidney Injury AKI - Differential ... Diagnosis HEMODYNAMIC ... e.g. calcineurin inhibitors ... , hepatorenal syndrome ... #Diagnosis #nephrology
Hyperuricemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Primary - Over-production
     • Increased turnover of nucleotides
Primary
Hyperuricemia - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... • ACE inhibitors ... Hyperuricemia #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
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 #differential ... #diagnosis