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Chronic Diarrhea Differential Diagnosis
 • Inflammatory, Infectious: Recurrent C. diff, Giardiasis
 • Inflammatory, Non-infectious: IBD, Ischemia,
Chronic Diarrhea ... Lactose intolerance, Medication ... Dysmotility: IBS, Medications ... , Diabetes, Thyrotoxicosis ... #causes #gastroenterology
Drugs causing hyperkalemia
 • Impaired release of renin: NSAIDs, Beta blockers, Cyclosporine, tacrolimus, Diabetes, Elderly
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Drugs causing hyperkalemia ... Cyclosporine, tacrolimus, Diabetes ... #hyperkalemia #medications ... #causes #differential ... #diagnosis
Causes of Chronic Kidney Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Decreased kidney function (eGFR < 60 ml/min/1.73 m2)
Causes of Chronic ... - Differential Diagnosis ... artery stenosis • Drugs ... Proteinuria) • Diabetes ... KidneyDisease #Nephrology
Medications associated with neuroleptic malignant syndrome

First-generation and second-generation antipsychotics are dopamine receptor antagonists, which produce a
Medications associated ... after years of treatment ... #Diagnosis #Differential ... NeurolepticMalignant #Syndrome #Medications ... #Drugs #Causes
Causes of Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unprovoked - Epilepsy:
 • Focal: Simple, Complex
 • Generalized: Absence,
Causes of Seizures ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Toxic: Alcohol, Medication ... , Recreational drugs ... #neurology
Etiologies of Hypernatremia - Differential Diagnosis
GI losses / Insensible losses
Sodium Overload
Transcellular Movement of Water
Central Diabetes Insipidus
- Differential Diagnosis ... Water Central Diabetes ... in kidneys) - Medications ... cisplatin) - Chronic ... #Table #Causes
Drug Induced Liver Injury (DILI) - Stepwise Diagnosis Algorithm
DILI suspicion
Features toxic aetiology: Skin involvement, Kidney injury,
DILI) - Stepwise Diagnosis ... duration), Several medications ... /HDS treatments ... for alternative causes ... e.g. ascites), Chronic
Creatine Kinase - Causes of Elevated CK Levels
Acute CK Elevation (Pain > Weakness):
 • RHABDOMYOLYSIS
Creatine Kinase - Causes ... RHABDOMYOLYSIS - Drugs ... alcohol - Medications ... deficiency - Medications ... #differential #diagnosis
Drugs associated with hypokalemia and hypomagnesemia

Hypokalemia
- Shift from extracellular fluid to intracellular fluid compartment
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Drugs associated ... panitumumab) #Drugs ... hypomagnesemia #Medications ... #differential #diagnosis ... #nephrology #Causes
Angioedema - Classification Diagnosis and Treatment
Types of Angioedema:
 • Acute allergic angioedema - Usually occurs with
Classification Diagnosis ... • Non-allergic drug ... first taking the medication ... Idiopathic angioedema - Chronic ... cell-mediated in > 90% of cases