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Hypokalemia Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Low intake 
• poor oral intake 

Renal loss 
• Medication 
• Hypomagnesemia 
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Diagnosis Algorithm ... Renal loss • Medication ... • Hypomagnesemia ... Adrenergic excess • Insulin ... Algorithm #Causes #Classification
Drugs associated with hypokalemia and hypomagnesemia

Hypokalemia
- Shift from extracellular fluid to intracellular fluid compartment
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agonists - Insulin ... renal Fanconi syndrome ... #hypokalemia #hypomagnesemia ... #Medications #differential ... #diagnosis #nephrology
Neurological Side Effects of Antipsychotic Drugs
Acute dystonia - Spasm of muscles of tongue, face, neck, back
Antiparkinsonian agents are diagnostic ... reduction; change medication ... tremor ("rabbit syndrome ... #Drugs #Medications ... #SideEffects #pharmacology
Causes of Hypokalemia
Transcellular Shifts:
 - Alkalosis, Increased plasma insulin (treatment of diabetic ketoacidosis), ß-Adrenergic agonists, Hypokalemic
Increased plasma insulin ... (treatment of diabetic ... Alcoholism (worsened by hypomagnesemia ... Conn's, Liddle's), Drugs ... #differential #diagnosis
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
circulation If drugs ... - Shock - Hypovolemia ... - Compartment syndrome ... - HIV/HAART medications ... #typea #typeb #classification