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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