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Medications causing Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
Prerenal:
 • Dehydration: Diuretics
 • Altered intrarenal autoregulation: ACEIs / ARBs,
Medications causing ... sphincter tone: • Opiates ... #Drugs #pharmacology ... #differential # ... diagnosis
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

PRE-Renal AKI:
 • Hypovolemia
 • Congestion
 • Medications
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Acute Kidney Injury ... (AKI) - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... Congestion • Medications ... Infection-mediated, Drug-induced
Neonatal Resuscitation – Circulation and Drugs
Consider drugs (k) if heart rate beats/min in spite of adequate
rate beats/min in spite ... perfusion due to acidosis ... vasoconstriction may have had acute ... haemorrhage or acute ... #Medications #Pharmacology
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 ... #Medications #SideEffects ... #pharmacology #
Vancomycin Associated Acute Kidney Injury

 • Drug induced acute kidney injury is generally defined as a
induced acute kidney ... • Treatment includes ... #Vancomycin #AKI ... #pharmacology # ... toxicology #diagnosis
Causes of Hypomagnesemia
Redistribution:
 - IV glucose
 - Correction of diabetic ketoacidosis
 - IV hyperalimentation
 - Refeeding
starvation - Acute ... Hypomagnesemia #Causes #diagnosis ... #differential # ... medications #drugs ... #pharmacology #
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
- Differential ... circulation If drugs ... cardiac output - Acute ... peritonitis - Acute ... - HIV/HAART medications
5-Oxoprolinuria
What is it:
 • Aka pyroglutamic acidosis, Intermediate in γ-glutamyl cycle
 • Amino acid transport and
What is it: • Aka ... pyroglutamic acidosis ... • Concomitant acute ... diabetes • Other drugs ... #management #treatment
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
Reversible course Differential ... Electrolyte abnormality, Medication ... /Drug toxicity, ... syndrome, ADEM, Acute ... epilepticus Treatment
Drug Induced Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
> 100 drugs have been associated with drug-induced SLE
High risk (>5%):
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for 1 year of treatment ... Erythematosus #medications ... #drugs #pharmacology ... #risk #differential ... #diagnosis #rheumatology