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Medications causing Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
Prerenal:
 • Dehydration: Diuretics
 • Altered intrarenal autoregulation: ACEIs / ARBs,
Acute Kidney Injury ... , tenofovir • AIN ... #Medications #Drugs ... #pharmacology # ... differential #diagnosis
Creatine Kinase - Causes of Elevated CK Levels
Acute CK Elevation (Pain > Weakness):
 • RHABDOMYOLYSIS
CK Elevation (Pain ... RHABDOMYOLYSIS - Drugs ... renal injury, Strenuous ... #Elevated #CK #differential ... #diagnosis #rhabdomyolysis
Causes of Acute Pericarditis:

Infectious;

Viral: 
Adenovirus 
Coxsackie virus A and B 
Echovirus 
Epstein-Barr virus 
Hepatitis 
Human immunodeficiency
- related Medication ... induced (select drugs ... Systemic lupus erythematosus ... #Pericarditis #Differential ... #Diagnosis
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
Classification: • Acute ... permanent alopecia Differential ... Arthritis: • Joint pain ... activation and/or medications ... #Diagnosis #Rheumatology
Drug Induced Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
> 100 drugs have been associated with drug-induced SLE
High risk (>5%):
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Lupus Erythematosus ... #medications #drugs ... #pharmacology # ... risk #differential ... #diagnosis #rheumatology