Wallach's Interpretation of Diagnostic Tests: Pathways to Arriving at a Clinical Diagnosis (1135 page)

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   Various drugs (e.g., NSAIDs, ACE inhibitors, cyclosporine, pentamidine)
   Decreased aldosterone production
   Pseudohypoaldosteronism
   Aldosterone antagonist drugs (e.g., spironolactone, captopril, heparin)
   Inhibition of tubular secretion of potassium
   Drugs (e.g., spironolactone, triamterene, amiloride)
   Hyperkalemic type of distal RTA (e.g., sickle cell disease, obstructive uropathy)
   Mineralocorticoid-resistant syndromes
   Primary tubular disorders
   Hereditary
   Acquired (e.g., SLE, amyloidosis, sickle cell nephropathy, obstructive uropathy, renal allograft transplant, chloride shift)
   Potassium redistribution
   Familial hyperkalemic periodic paralysis (Gamstorp disease, adynamia episodica hereditaria)

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