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Hypokalemia - Differential Diagnosis
Poor Intake 
 - Starvation
 - Anorexia
GI Losses 
 - Vomiting / NG
Hypokalemia - Differential ... Hypokalemic periodic paralysis ... #Hypokalemia #Differential ... Diagnosis #Low #Potassium ... Classification #Causes
Causes of Hyperkalemia
Pseudohyperkalemia
 - Tourniquet use
 - Hemolysis (in vitro)
 - Leukocytosis
 - Thrombocytosis
Intra- to extracellular
Causes of Hyperkalemia ... Hyperkalemic periodic paralysis ... Potassium load ... #Hyperkalemia #Causes ... #diagnosis #differential
Hypokalemia Evaluation Algorithm

Before evaluating hypokalemia, life threatening complications such as arrhythmias and paralysis should be looked
arrhythmias and paralysis ... treated with IV potassium ... wasting from other causes ... suggests extra-renal causes ... diagnosis #Algorithm #differential
Hyperkalemia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

PseudoHyperkalemia:
 • Lab error
 • Traumatic venipuncture
 • Hemolysis, thrombocytosis, leukocytosis
 •
Hyperkalemia - Differential ... • Recent IV potassium ... Hyperkalemia Periodic paralysis ... #diagnosis #causes ... #potassium #high
Causes of Hyperkalemia - Differential Diagnosis Framework
 • Cellular Shift:
   - Exercise
Causes of Hyperkalemia ... - Differential ... Hyperkalemic periodic paralysis ... #Diagnosis #Causes ... #potassium #high
Hyperkalemia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

PseudoHyperkalemia:
 • Lab error
 • Traumatic venipuncture
 • Hemolysis, thrombocytosis, leukocytosis
 •
Hyperkalemia - Differential ... • Recent IV potassium ... Hyperkalemia Periodic paralysis ... #diagnosis #causes ... #potassium #high
Causes of Hypokalemia
I. Decreased intake
   A. Starvation
   B. Clay ingestion
II. Redistribution into
Causes of Hypokalemia ... Thyrotoxic periodic paralysis ... #Hypokalemia #Differential ... Diagnosis #Low #Potassium ... Classification #Causes
Causes of Hyperkalemia

Hyperkalemia is caused by excess potassium intake, impaired potassium excretion, or transcellular shifts. The
Causes of Hyperkalemia ... Hyperkalemia is caused ... by excess potassium ... #Hyperkalemia #Differential ... #Causes
Causes of Hyperkalemia
l. Pseudohyperkalemia
  A Cellular efflux; thrombocytosis, erythrocytosis, leukocytosis, in vitro hemolysis
  B.
Causes of Hyperkalemia ... Hyperkalemic periodic paralysis ... #Hyperkalemia #Differential ... Diagnosis #High #Potassium ... Classification #Causes
Causes of Hyperkalemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Increased Intake
 • Reduced Excretion (IV potassium with
Causes of Hyperkalemia ... - Differential ... Excretion (IV potassium ... Hyperkalemia #Nephrology #Differential ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes