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Medications causing Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
Prerenal:
 • Dehydration: Diuretics
 • Altered intrarenal autoregulation: ACEIs / ARBs,
sphincter tone: • Opiates ... decongestants) • Any drug ... #Medications #Drugs ... #pharmacology # ... differential #diagnosis
Common sodium channel blockers which cause QRS widening.

Anticonvulsants: 
 - Carbamazepine 
Antidysrhythmics:  
 - Group
Antimalarial drugs ... Phenothiazines Drugs ... Chemotherapy drugs ... #EKG #Pharmacology ... #Drugs #Classes
Common causes of Acute Kidney Injury AKI - Differential Diagnosis
HEMODYNAMIC
 • Cardiac failure: Impaired forward flow,
Common causes of ... systemic disease or drugs ... hypotension • Drugs ... Nephritis (AIN) • Drugs ... #causes #Acute
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Acute increase
Causes of Acute ... syndromes • Drugs ... (E. coli) • Drugs ... Nephritis • Drugs ... #Algorithm #Causes
Medications that Can Cause False Positives on Drug Tests

Urine drug screens (UDSs) are simple to use,
on Drug Tests ... Urine drug screens ... on drug tests? ... Opioids and opiates ... #positive #drug
Simplified Approach to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
1) IS THIS AN EMERGENCY? 
Is there a dialysis indication
Simplified Approach to Acute ... obstruction, Nephrotoxic drugs ... cases are caused ... CONSIDER INTRINSIC CAUSES ... #Acute #KidneyInjury
Drug Induced Liver Injury (DILI) - Stepwise Diagnosis Algorithm
DILI suspicion
Features toxic aetiology: Skin involvement, Kidney injury,
Drug Induced Liver ... , drugs, OTC (record ... non-essential drug ... for alternative causes ... dechallenge • Acute
Adrenal Insufficiency - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Primary Adrenal Insufficiency:
Most Common Cause in the US: Autoimmune Adrenalitis
Other
in the US: Autoimmune ... Adrenalitis Other causes ... disease (rare), and drugs ... Causes of Secondary ... Give 250 mcg of