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Summary table of mechanism of action, side effect and contraindications of commonly used diabetic drugs. 

#pharmacology
Summary table of ... commonly used diabetic ... drugs. ... #medications #overview ... #management #comparison
Drugs causing hyperkalemia
 • Impaired release of renin: NSAIDs, Beta blockers, Cyclosporine, tacrolimus, Diabetes, Elderly
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Drugs causing hyperkalemia ... Cyclosporine, tacrolimus, Diabetes ... Drospirenone #Drugs ... #hyperkalemia # ... medications #causes
Drugs associated with hypokalemia and hypomagnesemia

Hypokalemia
- Shift from extracellular fluid to intracellular fluid compartment
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Drugs associated ... with hypokalemia ... #Medications #differential ... #diagnosis #nephrology ... #Causes #hypomg
Compelling and Possible Contraindications to Antihypertensive Drugs
Diuretics (thiazides)
 - Gout
 - Metabolic syndrome, Glucose intolerance, Pregnancy,
Antihypertensive Drugs ... (ACEI, ARB, diabetes ... failure - Co-medication ... antihypertensive #medications ... contraindications #table
Hypomagnesemia - Etiologies by Mechanism

Decreased GI Uptake 
 - Poor dietary intake (particularly common in alcoholics)
Renal Loses - Medications ... - Uncontrolled diabetes ... Low #Magnesium #Table ... Classification #Causes ... #Workup #hypomg
Etiologies of Hypernatremia - Differential Diagnosis
GI losses / Insensible losses
Sodium Overload
Transcellular Movement of Water
Central Diabetes Insipidus
Water Central Diabetes ... in kidneys) - Medications ... - Chronic hypokalemia ... Differential #Diagnosis #Table ... #Causes
Causes of High-anion Gap and Non-anion Gap Metabolic Acidosis
Causes of High-anion Gap Acidosis:
 • Lactic acidosis
Ketoacidosis: Diabetic ... Drugs II. ... Hypokalemia ... Drug-induced hyperkalemia ... #nephrology
Classification of Diabetes Insipidus

Central or neurogenic diabetes insipidus:
 - Congenital - Structural malformations affecting the hypothalamus
uropathy, Metabolic causes ... (e.g., hypokalemia ... , hypercalcemia) ... cell disease, Drugs ... Classification #Types #Nephrology
Reversible Neurocognitive Disorders (Reversible Causes of "Dementia")
 • Structural/Mass: Subdural Hematoma, NPH, Intracranial tumor
 • Infection:
• Endocrine: Hypo ... encephalitis, Hypo ... insufficiency, Hypercalcemia ... Depression, Epilepsy, Drugs ... #neurology
Causes of Chronic Kidney Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Decreased kidney function (eGFR < 60 ml/min/1.73 m2)
artery stenosis • Drugs ... Proteinuria) • Diabetes ... eosinophiluria) • Drugs ... Hyperoxaluria • Hypercalcemia ... KidneyDisease #Nephrology