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Hyperkalemia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

PseudoHyperkalemia:
 • Lab error
 • Traumatic venipuncture
 • Hemolysis, thrombocytosis, leukocytosis
 •
Hyperkalemia - Differential ... phlebotomy High ... reactions Common Drugs ... Medications 2. ... #differential #
Hyperkalemia: Diagnostic algorithm
Decreased renal potassium excretion
 • Acute renal failure
 • Chronic renal failure
 • Drugs
Increased
Hyperkalemia: Diagnostic ... • Tumor lysis/hemolysis ... Normal, Renin High ... hypoplasia Aldosterone high ... nephrology #potassium #differential
Hyperkalemia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

PseudoHyperkalemia:
 • Lab error
 • Traumatic venipuncture
 • Hemolysis, thrombocytosis, leukocytosis
 •
Hyperkalemia - Differential ... phlebotomy High ... reactions Common Drugs ... Medications 2. ... #differential #
Drugs Implicated in Hemolytic Anemia
 • Hapten (Drug binding to RBC membrane): Penicillin, Cephalosporin, Tetracycline, Tolbutamide,
Drugs Implicated ... in Hemolytic Anemia ... #medications #Hemolytic ... #Anemia #differential ... #diagnosis #pharmacology
Drugs associated with hypokalemia and hypomagnesemia

Hypokalemia
- Shift from extracellular fluid to intracellular fluid compartment
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Drugs associated ... with hypokalemia ... hypomagnesemia Hypokalemia ... - Insulin (high ... #Medications #differential
Hyperuricemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Primary - Over-production
     • Increased turnover of nucleotides
Primary
Hyperuricemia - Differential ... Leukemia (CML) - Hemolytic ... • High purine ... Sarcoidosis • Hypercalcemia ... Hyperuricemia #Differential
Mechanisms of Drug-Induced Hyperkalemia 
 • Direct renin inhibitor (Aliskiren)
 • Renin release inhibition (NSAIDs, Beta-Blockers)
Mechanisms of Drug-Induced ... Hyperkalemia ... #differential # ... pathophysiology #pharmacology ... #potassium #medications
Causes of Hyperkalemia - Differential Diagnosis Framework
 • Cellular Shift:
   - Exercise
- Differential ... hyperosmolality - Medications ... Crush injury, Hemolysis ... #Differential # ... Causes #potassium #high
Causes of Hyperkalemia
l. Pseudohyperkalemia
  A Cellular efflux; thrombocytosis, erythrocytosis, leukocytosis, in vitro hemolysis
  B.
leukocytosis, in vitro hemolysis ... Drugs: nonsteroidal ... Drug-associated: ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #High
Drug-induced Hemolysis in G6PD Deficiency
Medicines and other substances likely to be UNSAFE in moderate to severe
Drug-induced Hemolysis ... G6PD deficiency Medications ... #Pharmacology # ... Differential #Diagnosis ... #Table #Medications