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Classification of Diuretics
#pharmacology #nephrology #classification #drugs
Classification of Diuretics ... #pharmacology ... #nephrology #classification ... #drugs
Summary of Diuretic Agents 
Subclass, Drug, Mechanism of Action, Effects, Clinical Applications, Pharmacokinetics, Toxicities, Interaction
CARBONIC ANHYDRASE
Summary of Diuretic ... Agents Subclass, Drug ... Tolvaptan #Diuretics ... #Medications #Pharmacology ... summary #table #nephrology
Drugs associated with hypokalemia and hypomagnesemia

Hypokalemia
- Shift from extracellular fluid to intracellular fluid compartment
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Drugs associated ... agonists - Insulin ... foscarnet - Diuretics ... #Medications #differential ... #diagnosis #nephrology
Diuretics - Pharmacology

Thiazides diuretics:
 • Inhibit Na+ Cl- cotransporter in distal tubule
 • Chlorothiazide, Chlorthalidone, Indapamide,
Diuretics - Pharmacology ... Thiazides diuretics ... Metolazone Loop diuretics ... #Pharmacology # ... nephrology #conversion
Pharmacokinetics of commonly used diuretics medications in CKD, Cirrhotic Ascites, and Heart Failure
 • Furosemide
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commonly used diuretics ... Spironolactone MCW Nephrology ... MCW_Nephrology #diuretics ... #pharmacology # ... Pharmacokinetics #halflife #comparison
Causes of Hypokalemia
Transcellular Shifts:
 - Alkalosis, Increased plasma insulin (treatment of diabetic ketoacidosis), ß-Adrenergic agonists, Hypokalemic
Increased plasma insulin ... , Osmotic diuresis ... Conn's, Liddle's), Drugs ... Hypokalemia #Causes #differential ... #diagnosis #nephrology
Generalized Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Framework
"l feel weak":
 • Infectious: Influenza, EBV, PNA, Bacteremia, Sepsis
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Generalized Weakness - Differential ... Depression, anxiety, Conversion ... : • Myopathy: Drugs ... Myasthenia, LEMS, Drug ... Diagnosis #causes #neurology
Hypokalemia Differential Algorithm
Acidosis
 - RTA
 - Diarrhea
pH Normal 
 1. Decreased Mg 
 2. Intracellular Shift
Hypokalemia Differential ... Intracellular Shift • Insulin ... Diuretics (discontinued ... #Hypokalemia #Differential ... Causes #Workup #Nephrology
Causes of Hyponatremia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hypovolemia, UNa > 20: 
 • Renal losses, Diuretic excess,
Hyponatremia - Differential ... Renal losses, Diuretic ... Ketonuria, Osmotic diuresis ... Hypothyroidism, Stress, Drugs ... Algorithm #Causes #nephrology
Medications causing Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
Prerenal:
 • Dehydration: Diuretics
 • Altered intrarenal autoregulation: ACEIs / ARBs,
• Dehydration: Diuretics ... decongestants) • Any drug ... #Medications #Drugs ... #pharmacology # ... differential #diagnosis