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Hyperkalemia: Diagnostic algorithm
Decreased renal potassium excretion
 • Acute renal failure
 • Chronic renal failure
 • Drugs
Increased
Decreased renal potassium ... Drugs Increased potassium ... (oral/iv) • Potassium-rich ... • Drugs • Addison's ... algorithm #nephrology #potassium
Primary Adrenal Insufficiency
Addison's Disease - Damage of the adrenal glands with lack of cortisol, androgens and
Insufficiency Addison's ... sodium • ↑ Serum potassium ... Decreased axillary or pubic ... Check sodium, potassium ... insufficiency #addisons
CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS 
OF ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY. 

Primary and secondary adrenal insufficiency:
 - Tiredness, weakness, mental depression
Scanty axillary and pubic ... Insufficiency #Addisons
Acrobatic Lice - Dermoscopy revealed a nit firmly attached to the pubic hair, as well as
attached to the pubic ... Pubic pediculosis ... (“pubic lice”) ... PhthirusPubis #Pubic ... #Pediculosis #NEJM
Emphysematous Prostatitis - Radiography of the kidney, ureter, and bladder showed an atypical focus of gas
behind the right pubic ... #Prostatitis #NEJM
Total-Body Deficits in Chronic Alcohol-Use Disorder. Patients with chronic alcohol-use disorder may have total-body deficits of
of phosphate, potassium ... ElectrolyteDisorders #NEJM
Hyperkalemia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

PseudoHyperkalemia:
 • Lab error
 • Traumatic venipuncture
 • Hemolysis, thrombocytosis, leukocytosis
 •
• Recent IV potassium ... Excretion: • Addison ... diagnosis #causes #potassium
Mechanisms of Loop Diuretic Action and Resistance. Panel A, loop diuretics circulate bound to protein. As
binding to sodium–potassium–chloride ... MechanismOfAction #Resistance #NEJM
Hyperkalemia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

PseudoHyperkalemia:
 • Lab error
 • Traumatic venipuncture
 • Hemolysis, thrombocytosis, leukocytosis
 •
• Recent IV potassium ... Excretion: • Addison ... diagnosis #causes #potassium
Adrenal Insufficiency Expected Metabolic Abnormalities

Textbook changes in chemistry panel due to adrenal insufficiency. 
Of course, "textbook"
Panel #Changes #Potassium ... #Electrolytes #Addisons