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Hyperkalemia: Diagnostic algorithm
Decreased renal potassium excretion
 • Acute renal failure
 • Chronic renal failure
 • Drugs
Increased
excretion • Acute ... renal failure • Drugs ... uropathies • Drugs ... hyperplasia • Drugs ... nephropathy • Drugs
Causes of High-anion Gap and Non-anion Gap Metabolic Acidosis
Causes of High-anion Gap Acidosis:
 • Lactic acidosis
Renal failure (acute ... Drugs II. ... Drug-induced hyperkalemia ... Potassium-sparing ... anti-inflammatory drugs
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
Vancomycin Associated Acute Kidney Injury

 • Drug induced acute kidney injury is generally defined as a
Drug induced ... acute kidney injury ... 24-72 hours of drug ... Vancomycin #AKI #pharmacology ... #toxicology #diagnosis
Causes of Hyperkalemia
l. Pseudohyperkalemia
  A Cellular efflux; thrombocytosis, erythrocytosis, leukocytosis, in vitro hemolysis
  B.
Drugs: nonsteroidal ... anti-inflammatory drugs ... Acute oliguric kidney ... Drug-associated: ... #High #Potassium