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Drug-Induced Acute Kidney Injury - Sites of Action Along the Nephron

#DrugInduced #AcuteKidneyInjury #AKI #Nephrology #Pathophysiology #Pharmacology
Drug-Induced Acute ... the Nephron #DrugInduced ... AcuteKidneyInjury #AKI #Nephrology ... Pathophysiology #Pharmacology
Hyperkalemia: Diagnostic algorithm
Decreased renal potassium excretion
 • Acute renal failure
 • Chronic renal failure
 • Drugs
Increased
renal failure • Drugs ... uropathies • Drugs ... hyperplasia • Drugs ... nephropathy • Drugs ... #potassium #differential
Causes of Hypomagnesemia
Redistribution:
 - IV glucose
 - Correction of diabetic ketoacidosis
 - IV hyperalimentation
 - Refeeding
starvation - Acute ... osmotic diuresis - Potassium ... renal disease Drugs ... #medications #drugs ... #pharmacology #
Mechanisms of Drug-Induced Hyperkalemia 
 • Direct renin inhibitor (Aliskiren)
 • Renin release inhibition (NSAIDs, Beta-Blockers)
Mechanisms of Drug-Induced ... #hyperkalemia #differential ... pathophysiology #pharmacology ... #potassium #medications ... #druginduced
Causes of Hypomagnesemia
 • Redistribution: IV glucose, Correction of diabetic ketoacidosis, IV hyperalimentation, Refeeding after starvation,
after starvation, Acute ... osmotic diuresis, Potassium ... renal disease • Drugs ... #Causes #differential ... #diagnosis #nephrology
Causes of High-anion Gap and Non-anion Gap Metabolic Acidosis
Causes of High-anion Gap Acidosis:
 • Lactic acidosis
Renal failure (acute ... Drugs II. ... Drug-induced hyperkalemia ... Potassium-sparing ... anti-inflammatory drugs
Causes of Hypokalemia
Transcellular Shifts:
 - Alkalosis, Increased plasma insulin (treatment of diabetic ketoacidosis), ß-Adrenergic agonists, Hypokalemic
Alcoholism (worsened by hypomagnesemia ... Conn's, Liddle's), Drugs ... , Acute leukemia ... Hypokalemia #Causes #differential ... #diagnosis #nephrology