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Hyperkalemia - Differential Diagnosis - Impaired Excretion vs Redistribution

Impaired Urinary Excretion 
 - Renal failure
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Hyperkalemia - Differential ... lysissyndrome - Massive Hemolysis ... Other - Insulin deficiency ... - Exercise - Hyperkalemic ... DrEricStrong #Hyperkalemia
Folate Deficiency - Causes of Decreased Folic Acid
↓ Intake: Diet, Age, Alcohol
↑ Demand: Pregnancy, Infancy, Hemolysis,
Folate Deficiency ... Pregnancy, Infancy, Hemolysis ... drkeithsiau #Folate #Deficiency ... #FolicAcid #differential
Hyperkalemia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

PseudoHyperkalemia:
 • Lab error
 • Traumatic venipuncture
 • Hemolysis, thrombocytosis, leukocytosis
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venipuncture • Hemolysis ... edema • Jaundice/Hemolytic ... cell lysis: - Hemolysis ... paralysis - Insulin deficiency ... Mineralocorticoid deficiency
Hyperkalemia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

PseudoHyperkalemia:
 • Lab error
 • Traumatic venipuncture
 • Hemolysis, thrombocytosis, leukocytosis
 •
venipuncture • Hemolysis ... edema • Jaundice/Hemolytic ... cell lysis: - Hemolysis ... paralysis - Insulin deficiency ... Mineralocorticoid deficiency
Algorithm for the evaluation of macrocytic anemia. (RBC = red blood cell; MMA = methylmalonic acid.)
Physicians
Hemorrhage or hemolysis ... if vitamin B12 deficiency ... occur with B12 deficiency ... VitaminB12 #Folate #FolicAcid
Causes of Hyperkalemia
Pseudohyperkalemia
 - Tourniquet use
 - Hemolysis (in vitro)
 - Leukocytosis
 - Thrombocytosis
Intra- to extracellular
Causes of Hyperkalemia ... Tourniquet use - Hemolysis ... ß-Blockade - Insulin deficiency ... aged blood - Hemolysis ... - Aldosterone deficiency
Causes of Hyperkalemia - Differential Diagnosis Framework
 • Cellular Shift:
   - Exercise
Causes of Hyperkalemia ... - Insulin deficiency ... tacrolimus - Hyperkalemic ... Crush injury, Hemolysis ... • Pseudo hyperkalemia
Blood Transfusion Reactions

Immune Mediated:
 • Febrile Non-Hemolytic Transfusion Reaction (FNHTR): Most common immune reaction to transfusion.
antibodies leading to hemolysis ... Hemolysis on labs ... , fever, minor hemolysis ... recipients w/ IgA deficiency ... Hypocalcemia, Hyperkalemia
Nitrofurantoin Toxicology
Serious Adverse Effects:
Hemolysis in patients with G6PD-deficiency
Peripheral neuropathy
Hepatitis
Pulmonary toxicity
Nephritis

By Dr. Kathryn Watson @Kat_Watson

#Nitrofurantoin #Macrobid #Toxicity
Adverse Effects: Hemolysis ... patients with G6PD-deficiency ... Toxicity #Toxicology #Pharmacology
Drug-induced Hemolysis in G6PD Deficiency
Medicines and other substances likely to be UNSAFE in moderate to severe
Drug-induced Hemolysis ... in G6PD Deficiency ... to severe G6PD deficiency ... #DrugInduced #Hemolysis ... #Pharmacology #