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Hyperchloremia causes
Introduction
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Overview
Overview
Elevations in chloride may be associated with diarrhea, certain kidney diseases, and overactivity of the parathyroid glands. Hyperchloremia is often comorbid with diabetes or hyponatremia. Certain drugs, especially diuretics such as carbonic anhydrase inhibitors, hormonal treatments, and polypharmacy, may contribute to this disorder.
Causes
Causes
Causes by Organ System
| Cardiovascular | No underlying causes |
| Chemical / poisoning | Drugs |
| Dermatologic | No underlying causes |
| Drug Side Effect | No underlying causes |
| Ear Nose Throat | No underlying causes |
| Endocrine | Hyperparathyroidism |
| Environmental | No underlying causes |
| Gastroenterologic | Ileul loops, Loss of pancreatic secretion, Prolonged diarrhea, Ureteral colonic anastomosis |
| Genetic | No underlying causes |
| Hematologic | No underlying causes |
| Iatrogenic | No underlying causes |
| Infectious Disease | No underlying causes |
| Musculoskeletal / Ortho | No underlying causes |
| Neurologic | No underlying causes |
| Nutritional / Metabolic | Dehydration, Hypernatremia, Metabolic acidosis |
| Obstetric/Gynecologic | No underlying causes |
| Oncologic | No underlying causes |
| Opthalmologic | No underlying causes |
| Overdose / Toxicity | Drugs |
| Psychiatric | No underlying causes |
| Pulmonary | Respiratory alkalosis |
| Renal / Electrolyte | Artifact (low anion gap), Dehydration, Hypernatremia, Metabolic acidosis, Nephrotic syndrome, Renal failure, Renal tubular acidosis, Respiratory alkalosis |
| Rheum / Immune / Allergy | No underlying causes |
| Sexual | No underlying causes |
| Trauma | No underlying causes |
| Urologic | Nephrotic syndrome, Renal failure, Renal tubular acidosis, Ureteral colonic anastomosis |
| Miscellaneous | No underlying causes |
Causes in Alphabetical Order
- Artifact (low anion gap)
- Dehydration
- Drugs
- Hypernatremia
- Hyperparathyroidism
- Ileul loops
- Loss of pancreatic secretion
- Metabolic acidosis
- Nephrotic syndrome
- Prolonged diarrhea
- Renal failure
- Renal tubular acidosis
- Respiratory alkalosis
- Ureteral colonic anastomosis
References
References
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]