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Hyperkalemia: Diagnostic algorithm
Decreased renal potassium excretion
 • Acute renal failure
 • Chronic renal failure
 • Drugs
Increased
Hyperkalemia: Diagnostic ... potassium excretion ... • Acute renal ... #Hyperkalemia #Diagnosis ... #algorithm #nephrology
ACEI Antihypertensive Dose Comparison. Consider divided (BID) regimen for better pre-dose (trough) BP control for the
Monitor BP, potassium ... , and renal function ... Dosing #Conversion #Pharmacology ... #Hypertension # ... PrimaryCare #Comparison #Table
Secondary Causes of Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hypertension - BP > 140/90 (>130/80 for DM)
Hypertensive urgency
- Differential Diagnosis ... DM (visit 2), Diagnosis ... (multi-drug resistance ... ) Renal Parenchymal ... HTN #Secondary #Nephrology
Summary of Diuretic Agents 
Subclass, Drug, Mechanism of Action, Effects, Clinical Applications, Pharmacokinetics, Toxicities, Interaction
CARBONIC ANHYDRASE
Agents Subclass, Drug ... Chlorthalidone POTASSIUM-SPARING ... #Medications #Pharmacology ... #summary #table ... #nephrology
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury ( AKI ) - Prerenal, Renal, and Postrenal

PRE-RENAL 
Impaired perfusion: 
•
tubular necrosis • Drugs ... • Prolonged hypotension ... nephritis • Drugs ... /phimosis #Diagnosis ... #Differential #Nephrology
Immunosuppression in Transplantation
Induction (I):
 - Basiliximab (Simulect)
 - Alemtuzumab (Campath)
 - Rituximab
 - Anti-Thymocyte Globulin (ATG)
Induction
#Medications #Pharmacology ... #Table #Drugs # ... Maintenance #Management #Nephrology ... #Renal
Causes of Chronic Kidney Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Decreased kidney function (eGFR < 60 ml/min/1.73 m2)
- Differential Diagnosis ... artery stenosis • Drugs ... • Diabetes • Hypertension ... eosinophiluria) • Drugs ... KidneyDisease #Nephrology
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis and Screening Testing
Common causes: 
 • Renal parenchymal disease
Causes of Secondary Hypertension ... - Differential Diagnosis ... #Secondary #Hypertension ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... Screening #Workup #table
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Acute increase
- Differential Diagnosis ... at least 50% Renal ... Emboli Systemic Hypotension ... Sjögren) Post-Renal ... #KidneyInjury #Nephrology
Common causes of Acute Kidney Injury AKI - Differential Diagnosis
HEMODYNAMIC
 • Cardiac failure: Impaired forward flow,
- Differential Diagnosis ... thromboembolism, renal ... tumors INTRINSINC RENAL ... • Prolonged hypotension ... #nephrology