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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 ... Rhabdomyolysis Medications ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #Table
Drugs Implicated in Hemolytic Anemia
 • Hapten (Drug binding to RBC membrane): Penicillin, Cephalosporin, Tetracycline, Tolbutamide,
in Hemolytic Anemia ... #medications #Hemolytic ... #Anemia #differential ... #diagnosis #pharmacology ... #table
Hyperkalemia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

PseudoHyperkalemia:
 • Lab error
 • Traumatic venipuncture
 • Hemolysis, thrombocytosis, leukocytosis
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Hyperkalemia - Differential ... venipuncture • Hemolysis ... reactions Common Drugs ... Medications 2. ... #differential #
Hyperkalemia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

PseudoHyperkalemia:
 • Lab error
 • Traumatic venipuncture
 • Hemolysis, thrombocytosis, leukocytosis
 •
Hyperkalemia - Differential ... venipuncture • Hemolysis ... reactions Common Drugs ... Medications 2. ... #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
Drugs Used for the Treatment of COVID-19 Infection

** Editor Note (from ophthalmology MD input) - Hydroxychloroquine/chloroquine
Drugs Used for the ... HCQ treatment would ... #Medications #Treatment ... #COVID19 #Pharmacology ... #Table #Management
Pharmacologic Options for Hypercalcemia Associated with Cancer
Rehydration with NS followed by loop diuretics
 • IV normal
Pharmacologic Options ... for Hypercalcemia ... #drugs #treatment ... #pharmacology # ... table
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
Pharmaceutical agents other than olmesartan have been reported to cause villous atrophy on occasion and are
are listed in Table ... frequent cause of drug-induced ... #Pharmacology #Drugs ... #Induced #Medications ... #Differential #
Numerous drugs taken by elderly persons can affect water balance by direct action on the kidney
Numerous drugs taken ... on the kidney (Table ... #Diagnosis #Pharmacology ... #Hyponatremia #Medications ... DrugInduced #List #Differential