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Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
- Workup and Differential ... when evaluation should ... and signs of end-organ ... or acute kidney injury ... renal bruit or signs
Abnormal liver function tests algorithm.
 This figure details the initial response to abnormal liver blood tests.
liver function tests ... of liver blood tests ... clinical symptoms/signs ... presence of metabolic syndrome ... Liver #Enzymes #Differential
Positive Drop Arm Test on Shoulder Exam - Supraspinatus Injury

Starting from 90 degrees of passive shoulder
on Shoulder Exam ... Supraspinatus Injury ... supraspinatus injury ... #Sign #Shoulder ... supraspinatus #clinical #video
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
to local skin injury ... Positive pathergy test ... is a skin prick test ... Behcet disease) Differential ... diagnosis #management #signs
Oncologic Emergencies - Differential Diagnosis Framework

HEMATOLOGIC ONCOLOGIC EMERGENCIES:
Hyperviscosity Syndrome:
 • Spontaneous bleeding
 • Shortness of breath
Emergencies - Differential ... • Dyspnea at rest ... Hoarseness • Chest and ... shoulder pain, ... heart sounds, hypotension
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
bronchial wall injury ... • Mounier-Kuhn syndrome ... signs of chronic ... Pulmonary artery hypertension ... Bronchiectasis #pulmonary #differential
The Neurological Evaluation of a Comatose Patient

Definition:
 • Coma: a state of unresponsiveness; the absence of
consciousness Differential ... Unresponsive wakefulness syndrome ... • Locked-in syndrome ... Awareness • Injury ... • Examine for signs
Uncommon Causes of Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema (NCPE) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

High Altitude Pulmonary Edema:
 • Accumulation
Edema (NCPE) - Differential ... - Dyspnea at rest ... Traumatic brain injury ... nervous system injury ... edema #causes #differential
Emergent Causes of Headache and Associated Risk Factors
Carbon monoxide poisoning
 - Breathing in enclosed or confined
benign intracranial hypertension ... vasoconstriction syndrome ... - Traumatic injury ... headache #redflags #signs ... #symptoms #differential
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
Lactic Acidosis - Differential ... liver or renal injury ... or diagnostic tests ... - Compartment syndrome ... gluconeogenesis Liver Injury