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Precipitating factors

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precipitating factors

  • intercurrent diseases
    • acute myocardial infarction
    • cushing's syndrome
    • adrenocorticotropic hormone-producing tumors
    • cerebrovascular accident
    • hyper/hypothermia
  • infection
    • pneumonia (40-60%)
    • urinary tract infection (5-16%)
    • cellulitis
    • sepsis
  • medications
    • calcium channel blockers
    • chemotherapeutic agents
    • glucocorticoids
    • loop diuretics
  • noncompliance
  • substance abuse - alcohol, cocaine
  • undiagnosed diabetes

In children circulatory, nervous, and genitourinary systems diseases are common precipitating factors (2).

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