The Diagnostic Approach to Hyperkalemia
Drugs
- Amiloride
- Spironolactone
- Triamterene
- Trimethoprim
- Pentamidine
- Eplerenone
- Drospirenone
- Calcineurin inhibitors
Other causes
- Tubulointerstitial diseases
- Urinary tract obstruction
_ pHA type I, type II
- Sickle cell disease
- Renal transplant
- SLE
High Renin
- Primary adrenal insufficiency
- Isolated aldosterone deficiency
- Heparin/ LMW heparin
- ACE-I / ARB
- Ketoconazole
Low Renin
- Diabetes mellitus
- Acute GN
- Tubulointerstitial diseases
_ pHA type II
- NSAlDs
- Beta-Blockers
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