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Drugs associated with hypokalemia and hypomagnesemia

Hypokalemia
- Shift from extracellular fluid to intracellular fluid compartment
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with hypokalemia ... #hypokalemia #hypomagnesemia ... #Medications #differential ... #diagnosis #nephrology ... #Causes #hypomg
Hypokalemia Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Low intake 
• poor oral intake 

Renal loss 
• Medication 
• Hypomagnesemia 
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Hypokalemia Differential ... Renal loss • Medication ... • Hypomagnesemia ... amzn.to/2LmUODZ #Hypokalemia ... #Causes #Classification
Hypomagnesemia - Etiologies by Mechanism

Decreased GI Uptake 
 - Poor dietary intake (particularly common in alcoholics)
Renal Loses - Medications ... - Hypokalemia ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #Low # ... #hypomg
Hypomagnesemia - Differential Diagnosis
Renal Causes of Hypomagnesemia - Familial:
Bartter syndrome and Gitelman syndrome, Isolated recessive hypomagnesemia,
Differential Diagnosis ... with secondary, hypocalcemia ... - Acquired: Medications ... diagnosis #causes ... #nephrology #magnesium
Causes of Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unprovoked - Epilepsy:
 • Focal: Simple, Complex
 • Generalized: Absence,
Toxic: Alcohol, Medication ... , Recreational drugs ... Hyponatremia, Hypomagnesemia ... , Hypocalcemia, ... #Causes #neurology
Bradycardia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

BRADI Mnemonic
 • BRASH/Hyperkalemia
 • Reduced oxygen/Glucose/Temp
 • ACS
 • Drugs
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Mnemonic • BRASH/Hyperkalemia ... BRASH Syndrome - Hyperkalemia ... • Shock • Hyperkalemia ... Heart block Medications ... #diagnosis #causes
Hyperkalemia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

PseudoHyperkalemia:
 • Lab error
 • Traumatic venipuncture
 • Hemolysis, thrombocytosis, leukocytosis
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Hyperkalemia - Differential ... Suspicion for Hyperkalemia ... Causing Hyperkalemia ... Medications 2. ... diagnosis #causes
Hyperkalemia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

PseudoHyperkalemia:
 • Lab error
 • Traumatic venipuncture
 • Hemolysis, thrombocytosis, leukocytosis
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Hyperkalemia - Differential ... Suspicion for Hyperkalemia ... Causing Hyperkalemia ... Medications 2. ... diagnosis #causes
Causes of Hypokalemia
Transcellular Shifts:
 - Alkalosis, Increased plasma insulin (treatment of diabetic ketoacidosis), ß-Adrenergic agonists, Hypokalemic
Causes of Hypokalemia ... plasma insulin (treatment ... or induced) #Hypokalemia ... #Causes #differential ... #diagnosis #nephrology
Classification of Diabetes Insipidus

Central or neurogenic diabetes insipidus:
 - Congenital - Structural malformations affecting the hypothalamus
(e.g., hypokalemia ... cell disease, Drugs ... Treatment is aimed ... #Types #Nephrology ... #Diagnosis #Differential