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Medications causing Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
Prerenal:
 • Dehydration: Diuretics
 • Altered intrarenal autoregulation: ACEIs / ARBs,
Acute Kidney Injury ... sphincter tone: • Opiates ... #Acute #Kidney ... #Drugs #pharmacology ... #differential #diagnosis
Drug-induced renal disorders - The most commonly used nephrotoxic drugs

#Pharmacology #Nephrotoxicity #Drugs #Medications #Most #Common #DrugInduced
#Pharmacology ... #Medications #Most ... #DrugInduced #Acute ... #KidneyInjury #AKI ... #Table #List
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

PRE-Renal AKI:
 • Hypovolemia
 • Congestion
 • Medications
 •
Acute Kidney Injury ... Diagnosis Framework ... Congestion • Medications ... Infection-mediated, Drug-induced ... #Acute #Kidney
Vancomycin Associated Acute Kidney Injury

 • Drug induced acute kidney injury is generally defined as a
acute kidney injury ... #Vancomycin #AKI ... #pharmacology # ... toxicology #diagnosis ... #management #nephrology
Acute Kidney Injury - Differential Diagnosis Framework
PRERENAL:
 - Intrarenal vasoconstriction-hemodynamically mediated
 - Systemic vasodilation
 - Volume
Acute Kidney Injury ... Avoiding nephrotoxic drugs ... appropriate) #Acute ... #Kidney #Injury ... #AKI #Differential
Shock and Vasoactive Drugs 
1) Determine type and etiology of shock
 • Distributive: Sepsis, Anaphylaxis, Neurogenic
• Cardiogenic: Acute ... MI, Acute Heart ... inopressors #diagnosis ... #management #comparison ... #table
Neonatal Resuscitation – Circulation and Drugs
Consider drugs (k) if heart rate beats/min in spite of adequate
rate beats/min in spite ... vasoconstriction may have had acute ... haemorrhage or acute ... #Medications #Pharmacology ... #management #peds
Neurological Side Effects of Antipsychotic Drugs
Acute dystonia - Spasm of muscles of tongue, face, neck, back
Acute dystonia ... Antiparkinsonian agents are diagnostic ... reduction; change medication ... #pharmacology # ... management
Numerous drugs taken by elderly persons can affect water balance by direct action on the kidney
Numerous drugs taken ... action on the kidney ... (Table IV). ... #Diagnosis #Pharmacology ... #Hyponatremia #Medications
Diuretics and Agents Regulating Renal Excretion

Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors (Acetazolamide, Dichlorphenamide)
 • Glaucoma
 • Epilepsy
 • Altitude
disequilibrium syndrome • Diagnosis ... irrigation • Management ... Torsemide) • Acute ... Diuresis #Nephrology #Pharmacology ... #Medications #Table