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Hyperkalemia: Diagnostic algorithm
Decreased renal potassium excretion
 • Acute renal failure
 • Chronic renal failure
 • Drugs
Increased
Decreased renal potassium ... Drugs Increased potassium ... (oral/iv) • Potassium-rich ... Diabetic Nephropathy Renin ... Normal, Renin High
Hypokalemia Evaluation Algorithm

Before evaluating hypokalemia, life threatening complications such as arrhythmias and paralysis should be looked
treated with IV potassium ... Pressure: - ↑ Renin ... Renovascular HTN, Renin ... tumor - ↓ Renin ... hyper-aldosteronism - ↓ Renin
Algorithm for patients with hypokalemia on the basis of the potassium-to-creatinine ratio in the urine
Urine K+
the basis of the potassium-to-creatinine ... blood volume • ↑ Renin ... artery stenosis, Renin ... secreting tumor • ↓ Renin ... hyperaldosteronism • ↓ Renin
Mechanisms of Drug-Induced Hyperkalemia 
 • Direct renin inhibitor (Aliskiren)
 • Renin release inhibition (NSAIDs, Beta-Blockers)
Hyperkalemia • Direct renin ... Aliskiren) • Renin ... #pharmacology #potassium
Drugs that Impair Renal Potassium Excretion 

Decreased ENaC channel function: Amiloride, Triamterene, Pentamidine
Decreased Aldosterone Synthesis: Heparin,
that Impair Renal Potassium ... ARBs Decreased Renin ... Pharmacology #Impaired #Potassium
Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System (RAAS) 

#Pathophysiology #RAAS #Renin #Angiotensin #Aldosterone #System
Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone ... Pathophysiology #RAAS #Renin
Hyperaldosteronism - Etiologies of Mineralocorticoid Excess

Primary Hyperaldosteronism (Normal or Low Renin, High Aldosterone) 
 - Aldosterone-secreting
(Normal or Low Renin ... Hyperaldosteronism (High Renin ... Renovascular disease - Renin-secreting ... (Normal or Low Renin ... Differential #Diagnosis #Renin
Here’s a review of the Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone system (RAAS)

This is a very common pathway that clinicians should
review of the Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone ... with excreting potassium ... will increase potassium ... , which is why potassium ... #Pharmacology #Renin
Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System (RAAS)

#RAAS #Renin #Angiotensin #Aldosterone #System #Pathophysiology
Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone ... RAAS) #RAAS #Renin
Etiologies of Hypoaldosteronism

Hyporeninemic Hypoaldosteronism (Low Renin, Low Aldosterone)
 - Diabetic Nephropathy 
 - NSAIDs
Non-Hyporeninemic Hypoaldosteronism (Normal
Hypoaldosteronism (Low Renin ... Normal or High Renin ... Normal or High Renin ... Differential #Diagnosis #Renin