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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
Medications that Can Cause False Positives on Drug Tests

Urine drug screens (UDSs) are simple to use,
Positives on Drug ... Tests Urine drug ... positives on drug ... #positive #drug ... #diagnosis #toxicology
False Positive Urine Drug Screens
Amphetamines - Amantadine, brompheniramine. bupropion, chlorpromazine, desipramine, ephedrine, isometheptene, isoxsuprine, labetalol, phentermine,
Drug Screens Amphetamines ... thioridazine, verapamil Opiates ... Positive #UDS #Urine #Drug ... #Screening #diagnosis ... #toxicology
Potassium Channel Blockers - Medications
1. Cardiovascular Drugs
2. Psychiatric drugs
3. Other drugs
4. Synthetic opioids: Levomethadyl 
5. Opium
Cardiovascular Drugs ... Psychiatric drugs ... Other drugs 4. ... #Diagnosis #Pharmacology ... #Toxicology
Common sodium channel blockers which cause QRS widening.

Anticonvulsants: 
 - Carbamazepine 
Antidysrhythmics:  
 - Group
Antimalarial drugs ... Phenothiazines Drugs ... Chemotherapy drugs ... #Diagnosis #Differential ... #Drugs #Classes
Vancomycin Associated Acute Kidney Injury

 • Drug induced acute kidney injury is generally defined as a
Kidney Injury • Drug ... 24-72 hours of drug ... #Vancomycin #AKI ... #pharmacology # ... toxicology #diagnosis
Drug-Induced Dysgeusia - Distortion of Taste and Smell

By Dr. Kathryn Watson @Kat_Watson

#dysgeusia #drug #induced #Toxicology #Pharmacology
Drug-Induced Dysgeusia ... #dysgeusia #drug ... #induced #Toxicology ... #Pharmacology # ... differential #diagnosis
Primary and Secondary Causes of Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Primary (Essential) (95%) - Onset between age
Hypertension - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Uncontrolled • Drug ... disease - CKD, AKI ... Secondary #HTN #Cardiology
Wide Complex Tachycardia - ECG Definition and Causes
 • Wide Complex Tachycardia (WCT) is a cardiac
≥ 0.12 sec • Aka ... in presence of drug ... Tachycardia #WCT #diagnosis ... #cardiology #ekg ... electrocardiogram #definition #differential