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Sites and Mechanisms of Action of Diuretics

#Diuretics #Nephron #SitesOfAction #Mechanism #Nephrology
Sites and Mechanisms ... of Action of Diuretics ... #Diuretics # ... SitesOfAction #Mechanism ... #Nephrology
Mechanism of Action of Diuretics
Amiloride, Triamterene, Spironolactone
Loop Diuretics
Thiazides
Acetazolamide

#Diuretics #Mechanism #Action #pharmacology #pathophysiology #nephrology
Mechanism of Action ... of Diuretics Amiloride ... Acetazolamide #Diuretics ... #Mechanism #Action ... pathophysiology #nephrology
Renal Actions of Diuretics

#Diuretics #Sites #Action #Nephron #Pharmacology #Nephrology
Renal Actions of ... Diuretics #Diuretics ... #Sites #Action ... #Pharmacology #Nephrology
Summary of Diuretic Agents 
Subclass, Drug, Mechanism of Action, Effects, Clinical Applications, Pharmacokinetics, Toxicities, Interaction
CARBONIC ANHYDRASE
Summary of Diuretic ... Subclass, Drug, Mechanism ... of Action, Effects ... Tolvaptan #Diuretics ... summary #table #nephrology
Nephron Pathophysiology - Diuretic Sites of Action
Diuretics
1) Acetazolamide/canagliflozin
2) Osmotic agents (mannitol, urearetics)
3) Loop agents (eg, furosemide)
4)
Pathophysiology - Diuretic ... Sites of Action ... Diuretics 1) ... #Sites #Action ... #nephrology #pharmacology
Guillain-Barre Syndrome
An acute polyneuropathy (disorder Of the peripheral nervous System).
Symptoms are Often symmetrical and progress Over
disorder Of the peripheral ... Syndrome #Diagnosis #Neurology ... #Signs
Causes of Hypokalemia
Transcellular Shifts:
 - Alkalosis, Increased plasma insulin (treatment of diabetic ketoacidosis), ß-Adrenergic agonists, Hypokalemic
, nasogastric suction ... thiazide-like diuretics ... Postobstructive diuresis ... , Osmotic diuresis ... differential #diagnosis #nephrology
Diuretics and Agents Regulating Renal Excretion

Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors (Acetazolamide, Dichlorphenamide)
 • Glaucoma
 • Epilepsy
 • Altitude
Diuretics and Agents ... irrigation • Management ... Symport (Loop Diuretics ... the Nonspecific Cation ... #Nephrology #Pharmacology
Causes of High-anion Gap and Non-anion Gap Metabolic Acidosis
Causes of High-anion Gap Acidosis:
 • Lactic acidosis
Causes of High-anion ... Gap and Non-anion ... Causes of High-anion ... Potassium-sparing diuretics ... diagnosis #causes #nephrology
Causes of Hypomagnesemia
 • Redistribution: IV glucose, Correction of diabetic ketoacidosis, IV hyperalimentation, Refeeding after starvation,
loss: Nasogastric suction ... Saline or osmotic diuresis ... • Drugs: Loop diuretics ... differential #diagnosis #nephrology