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Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
Hypertension - Workup ... and Differential Diagnosis ... 109 mm Hg) with clinical ... Renal parenchymal disease ... , and Guillain-Barre
Stiff Person Syndrome (SPS) - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Epidemiology:
 • Prevalence: 1-2 cases per million -
Prevalence: 1-2 cases ... Clinical Manifestations ... antibody that works ... Baclofen • Severe Disease ... Management #treatment #neurology
Blood Culture-Negative Infective Endocarditis (BCNIE)
Definition: No etiology found after 3 separate blood cultures remain negative for
Endocarditis (BCNIE) Definition ... antimicrobials, clinical ... but important causes ... BCNIE Diagnostic ... exists Infectious Diseases
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
Definition • Towards ... exclude other causes ... Differential Diagnosis ... Valvular heart disease ... during Postpartum Period
Rheumatology Workup - Laboratories Studies in Rheumatic Diseases

• Septic arthritis - Gram stain and culture of
Rheumatology Workup ... healthy elderly persons ... (to support a diagnosis ... ANA and RF (if clinical ... #diagnosis #testing
Rockwood Clinical Frailty Score

There is no single generally accepted clinical definition of frailty. Previously developed tools
definition of frailty ... have no active disease ... dependent for personal ... from whatever cause ... #Diagnosis #Geriatrics