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Hyperkalemia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

PseudoHyperkalemia:
 • Lab error
 • Traumatic venipuncture
 • Hemolysis, thrombocytosis, leukocytosis
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Hyperkalemia - Differential ... phlebotomy High ... • Recent IV potassium ... Medications 2. ... #high #nephrology
Hyperkalemia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

PseudoHyperkalemia:
 • Lab error
 • Traumatic venipuncture
 • Hemolysis, thrombocytosis, leukocytosis
 •
Hyperkalemia - Differential ... phlebotomy High ... • Recent IV potassium ... Medications 2. ... #high #nephrology
Drugs Implicated in Hemolytic Anemia
 • Hapten (Drug binding to RBC membrane): Penicillin, Cephalosporin, Tetracycline, Tolbutamide,
Anemia • Hapten ... Bloodman #Drugs #medications ... #Hemolytic #Anemia ... #differential # ... diagnosis #pharmacology
Causes of Hyperkalemia - Differential Diagnosis Framework
 • Cellular Shift:
   - Exercise
Hyperkalemia - Differential ... hyperosmolality - Medications ... Crush injury, Hemolysis ... Diagnosis #Causes #potassium ... #high
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
and M. leprae Found ... Bone Marrow - Anemia ... discomfort, • +/- Hemoptysis ... Symptoms, Imaging, high ... NTM #Infections #differential
Causes of Hyperkalemia
l. Pseudohyperkalemia
  A Cellular efflux; thrombocytosis, erythrocytosis, leukocytosis, in vitro hemolysis
  B.
leukocytosis, in vitro hemolysis ... ), sickle cell anemia ... #Hyperkalemia #Differential ... #Diagnosis #High ... #Potassium #Classification