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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
Shock - Differential Diagnosis Framework
 - MAP <65. SBP <90, drop in SBP > 40
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Shock - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... Failure, Toxins/Medications ... #Diagnosis #criticalcare ... #algorithm #treatment
Shock - Differential Diagnosis Framework
MAP = CO x SVR
Hypovolemic (↓ Intravascular volume):
 • Hemorrhage, dehydration due
Shock - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... adrenal crisis, drugs ... #Diagnosis #table ... #comparison #criticalcare
Shock Classification and Differential Diagnosis
SHOCK
 • MAP <65, SBP <90, drop in SBP > 40
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Classification and Differential ... Diagnosis SHOCK ... Failure, Toxins/Medications ... #Diagnosis #Types ... #criticalcare
A toxidrome is a syndrome (set of symptoms) caused by specific medications or toxins.

There are 5
is a syndrome (set ... caused by specific medications ... barbituates, “Z-drugs ... antihistamines #Diagnosis ... Toxicology #Toxidromes #Comparison
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
Classification of Diabetes Insipidus

Central or neurogenic diabetes insipidus:
 - Congenital - Structural malformations affecting the hypothalamus
Classification of Diabetes ... cell disease, Drugs ... Treatment is aimed ... Types #Nephrology #Diagnosis ... #Differential
Fever vs Hyperthermia
Fever:
 • Regulated in the hypothalamic thermoregulatory center
 • "Set point" raised by prostaglandin
production • Treatment ... fatal • Causes: Drugs ... #Hyperthermia #comparison ... #diagnosis #management ... #treatment
Causes of Hypomagnesemia
Redistribution:
 - IV glucose
 - Correction of diabetic ketoacidosis
 - IV hyperalimentation
 - Refeeding
Correction of diabetic ... renal disease Drugs ... Hypomagnesemia #Causes #diagnosis ... #differential # ... medications #drugs
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
Palpitations - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... PALPITATIONS: Medications ... • Serotonergic drugs ... Palpitations #Cardiology #Differential