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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 ... medications #causes #differential
Mechanisms of Drug-Induced Hyperkalemia 
 • Direct renin inhibitor (Aliskiren)
 • Renin release inhibition (NSAIDs, Beta-Blockers)
Beta-Blockers) • Angiotensin-converting ... Lisinopril) • Angiotensin ... #hyperkalemia #differential
Secondary Causes of Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hypertension - BP > 140/90 (>130/80 for DM)
Hypertensive urgency
Hypertension - Differential ... steroids) • Renin-Angiotensin ... Secondary #Nephrology #Differential
Pharmaceutical agents other than olmesartan have been reported to cause villous atrophy on occasion and are
including other angiotensin ... #Medications #Differential
Causes, classification and compensatory responses to shock.

Shock can be caused by any pathological process that leads
RAAS, renin–angiotensin–aldosterone ... CriticalCare #Shock #Differential
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 ... #Hyperkalemia #Differential
Causes of Hyperkalemia
Pseudohyperkalemia
 - Tourniquet use
 - Hemolysis (in vitro)
 - Leukocytosis
 - Thrombocytosis
Intra- to extracellular
anti-inflammatory drugs, angiotensin-converting ... enzyme inhibitors, angiotensin ... Causes #diagnosis #differential
Pragmatic diagnostic algorithm for hypokalemia. 
***Typical presentations: 
 • Vomiting: urine Na/Cl > 1.6, low urine
medications, including angiotensin-converting ... inhibitors and angiotensin ... hypokalemia #diagnosis #differential
Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema - Differential Diagnosis Framework

NCPE Pathophysiology:
Noncardiogenic pulmonary edema occurs because of excessive pulmonary capillary
Pulmonary Edema - Differential ... Excessive renin-angiotensin-aldosterone ... #edema #NCPE #differential
Causes of Hyperkalemia - Differential Diagnosis Framework
 • Cellular Shift:
   - Exercise
Hyperkalemia - Differential ... Hypoaldosteronism: type 4 RTA, angiotensin ... #Hyperkalemia #Differential