Causes of Hyperkalemia

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Conditions listing medical complications: Hyperkalemia:

The following list of medical conditions have 'Hyperkalemia' or similar listed as a medical complication in our database. This computer-generated list of complications may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.

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List of 104 causes of Hyperkalemia

This section shows a full list of all the diseases and conditions listed as a possible cause of Hyperkalemia in our database from various sources.

• 18-Hydroxylase deficiency - hyperkalemia
• Acid-Base Imbalance - hyperkalemia
• Acidosis
• ACTH Deficiency - high blood potassium
• Acute kidney failure
• Addison's disease - high blood potassium
• Addisonian crisis - hyperkalemia
• Adrenal Cortex Diseases - high blood potassium
• Adrenal cortex insufficiency
• Adrenal gland disorders
• Adrenal gland hypofunction - high blood potassium
• Adrenal hyperplasia, congenital type 3 - high blood potassium
• Amelo-cerebro-hypohidrotic syndrome - high blood potassium
• Amiloride
• Arsenic trioxide
• Arsenicals
• Autoimmune adrenalitis
• Blood test shows falsely elevated potassium levels - e.g. error in collection or storage, using clenched fist while collecting blood, haemolysis of sample
• Blood transfusion and complications
• Blood transfusion of stored blood
• Burns
• Captopril
• Chemical poisoning - Acetylsalicylic Acid - hyperkalemia
• Chemical poisoning - Ammonium Bifluoride - hyperkalemia
• Chemical poisoning - Pyrimidifen - hyperkalemia
• Chemical poisoning - Tungsten - hyperkalemia
• Chronic kidney failure
• Cilazapril
• Congenital adrenal hyperplasia - sodium-wasting form - high blood potassium
• Crush syndrome
• Cuffed blood sample
• Cyclosporine toxicity - hyperkalemia
• Dehydration
• Delayed separation blood sample
• Diabetes
• Diabetic ketoacidosis
• Digoxin
• Digoxin poisoning
• Drip arm sample
• EDTA blood sample
• Eplerenone
• Erythropoietin
• Fasting
• Foxglove poisoning - hyperkalemia
• Gastrointestinal tract bleeds
• Haemolysed blood sample
• Haemolytic anaemia
• Hyperkalaemic distal renal tubular acidosis
• Hyperkalaemic periodic paralysis
• Hyperkalemic Renal Tubular Acidosis - hyperkalemia
• Hypoadrenalism - high blood potassium
• Hypoadrenocorticism - hypoparathyroidism - moniliasis - high blood potassium
• Hyporeninemic hypoaldosteronism - hyperkalemia
• Hypothermia
• Ibuprofen
• Increased ingestion of high potassium foods
• Increased ingestion of potassium
• Increased ingestion of potassium containing drugs
• Indomethacin
• Internal bleeding
• Intravenous infusion
• IV fluids containing potassium
• Ketoprofen
• Kohlschutter-Tonz syndrome - high blood potassium
• Leukaemia
• Lipoid congenital adrenal hyperplasia - high blood potassium
• Lysis of tumour mass
• Malignant hyperpyrexia
• Malnutrition
• Melarsoprol
• Muscle damage
• Muscle wasting
• Oleander poisoning - hyperkalemia
• Oxalate blood sample
• Plant poisoning - Foxglove (Digitalis purpurea) - hyperkalemia
• Plant poisoning - Oleander (Nerium oleander) - hyperkalemia
• Potassium chloride
• Potassium citrate
• Pseudohyperkalaemia, familial, due to red cell leak
• Pseudohypoaldosteronism - high blood potassium
• Pseudohypoaldosteronism type 1 - high blood potassium
• Pseudohypoaldosteronism type 1, autosomal dominant - high blood potassium
• Pseudohypoaldosteronism type 1, autosomal recessive - high blood potassium
• Pseudohypoaldosteronism type II - high blood potassium
• Renal failure, acute
• Renal failure, chronic
• Renal tubular acidosis, distal, type 4 - high blood potassium
• Rhabdomyolysis
• Sea snake poisoning - hyperkalemia
• See also causes of acute and chronic renal failure
• See also causes of gastrointestinal bleeding
• See also causes of red blood cell lysis
• Spironolactone
• Strenuous exercise
• Suxamethonium
• Systemic lupus erythematosus
• Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura, acquired - high blood potassium
• Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura, congenital - high blood potassium
• Tissue damage
• Transplanted kidneys
• Triamterene
• Tumor lysis syndrome
• Urinary tract obstruction
• White Chameleon poisoning - hyperkalemia

Drug side effect causes of Hyperkalemia

The following drugs, medications, substances or toxins may possibly cause Hyperkalemia as a side effect.

• Drugs affecting kidney excretion of potassium
• Amiloride
• Spironolactone
• Other drugs
• NSAIDs

Drug interaction causes of Hyperkalemia:

Drug interactions may be a possible cause of Hyperkalemia.

• ACE inhibitor and ACE Inhibitor interaction
• ACE inhibitor and Potassium-sparing diuretic interaction
• ACE inhibitor and Potassium Supplement interaction
• Amiloride and ACE Inhibitor interaction
• Apo-Amilzide and ACE Inhibitor interaction

Medical Textbooks about Hyperkalemia

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