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Drugs causing hyperkalemia
 • Impaired release of renin: NSAIDs, Beta blockers, Cyclosporine, tacrolimus, Diabetes, Elderly
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Diabetes, Elderly • Angiotensin-converting ... inhibitors • Angiotensin ... #differential #diagnosis
Mechanisms of Drug-Induced Hyperkalemia 
 • Direct renin inhibitor (Aliskiren)
 • Renin release inhibition (NSAIDs, Beta-Blockers)
Beta-Blockers) • Angiotensin-converting ... Lisinopril) • Angiotensin ... #differential #diagnosis
Secondary Causes of Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hypertension - BP > 140/90 (>130/80 for DM)
Hypertensive urgency
- Differential Diagnosis ... DM (visit 2), Diagnosis ... steroids) • Renin-Angiotensin ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Pragmatic diagnostic algorithm for hypokalemia. 
***Typical presentations: 
 • Vomiting: urine Na/Cl > 1.6, low urine
Pragmatic diagnostic ... medications, including angiotensin-converting ... inhibitors and angiotensin ... #hypokalemia #diagnosis
Causes of Hyperkalemia
l. Pseudohyperkalemia
  A Cellular efflux; thrombocytosis, erythrocytosis, leukocytosis, in vitro hemolysis
  B.
Inhibition of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone ... Angiotensin-converting ... inhibitors or angiotensin ... Angiotensin receptor ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Causes, classification and compensatory responses to shock.

Shock can be caused by any pathological process that leads
RAAS, renin–angiotensin–aldosterone ... #Diagnosis #CriticalCare
Causes of Hyperkalemia
Pseudohyperkalemia
 - Tourniquet use
 - Hemolysis (in vitro)
 - Leukocytosis
 - Thrombocytosis
Intra- to extracellular
anti-inflammatory drugs, angiotensin-converting ... enzyme inhibitors, angiotensin ... Hyperkalemia #Causes #diagnosis
Scleroderma Renal Crisis - Diagnosis and management

Diaqnosis
 • De novo arterial hypertension of normotensive form +++
Renal Crisis - Diagnosis ... management Diaqnosis ... manaqement • Angiotensin-converting ... #RenalCrisis #Diagnosis
Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema - Differential Diagnosis Framework

NCPE Pathophysiology:
Noncardiogenic pulmonary edema occurs because of excessive pulmonary capillary
- Differential Diagnosis ... Excessive renin-angiotensin-aldosterone ... #differential #diagnosis
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
un lymphatic Diagnostic ... ARBs • ARNIs (Angiotensin ... #heartfailure #diagnosis