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Evaluation of Secondary Hypertension
 • Primary aldosteronism - PRA, PAC
 • Renal artery stenosis - Renal
Evaluation of Secondary ... - PRA, PAC • Renal ... artery stenosis - Renal ... fT4 • Cushing syndrome ... Evaluation #workup #diagnosis
Pulmonary Renal Syndrome

Definition: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + Glomerulonephritis
Presentation (Pulmonary and renal manifestations can occur weeks apart):
Pulmonary Renal ... Differential Diagnosis ... polyangiitis, Microscopic ... Bronchoscopy with serial ... #diagnosis #nephrology
Hematuria - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Gross Hematuria: Red/Dark urine
 • 1ml blood/liter urine can induce color change
- Differential Diagnosis ... disease - Alport syndrome ... pain hematuria syndrome ... - RBC casts → Diagnostic ... • Nutcracker syndrome
Etiologies of pulmonary infections according to CT-scan patterns. 
CMV cytomegalovirus, GM galactomannan, HSV herpes simplex virus,
myelodysplastic syndrome ... bacterial pneumonia SEPTAL ... oxtvmJe1RmlxFFJpzgymkqdNRFOw%3D ... %3D #CT #Patterns ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Hypomagnesemia - Differential Diagnosis
Renal Causes of Hypomagnesemia - Familial:
Bartter syndrome and Gitelman syndrome, Isolated recessive hypomagnesemia,
- Differential Diagnosis ... Familial: Bartter syndrome ... and Gitelman syndrome ... Hypomagnesemia with secondary ... #differential #diagnosis
Causes of Hypokalemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Defining the cause of hypokalemia starts by measuring urinary K
- Differential Diagnosis ... suggests either secondary ... gastrointestinal K loss • Renal ... hypokalemia • Renal ... #differential #diagnosis
Causes of Primary Amenorrhea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
No onset of menarche by age 16 with secondary
- Differential Diagnosis ... by age 16 with secondary ... age 14 without secondary ... Transverse vaginal septum ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Legionnaire's Disease - Extrapulmonary organ involvement: CNS: Mental confusion, encephalopathic, headache. Cardiac: Relative bradycardia. GI: Loose
involvement: CNS: Mental ... Renal: Microscopic ... hematuria, renal ... insufficiency #Diagnosis
Primary and Secondary Causes of Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Primary (Essential) (95%) - Onset between age
- Differential Diagnosis ... Medications - Renal ... and bilateral renal ... excess (Cushing syndrome ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Hypertension and Altered Mental Status (AMS) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Hypertension:
 • Hypertensive emergency
 • Hypertensive encephalopathy
Hypertension and Altered Mental ... - Differential Diagnosis ... • Cushing’s syndrome ... • Serotonin syndrome ... #Differential #Diagnosis