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Secondary Causes of Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hypertension - BP > 140/90 (>130/80 for DM)
Hypertensive urgency
- Differential ... • Nephritic syndrome ... abuse/ withdrawal Anatomic ... HTN #Secondary #Nephrology ... #Differential #
Pulmonary Renal Syndrome

Definition: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + Glomerulonephritis
Presentation (Pulmonary and renal manifestations can occur weeks apart):
symptomatology Differential ... • Labs: CBC, cr ... , anti-CCP • CXR ... #differential # ... diagnosis #nephrology
Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy
Chronic Hypertension:
 • Guidelines as SBP ≥130 or DBP ≥ 90 mmHg
 •
insufficiency (Cr ... or doubling of Cr ... ), pulmonary edema ... patients • HELLP: Syndrome ... obstetrics #cardiology #differential
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
Vision changes • Hypertensive ... /Hypertensive emergency ... on MRA/CTA • Anterior ... Reversible course Differential ... diagnosis #management #neurology
Differentiation Syndrome in APML
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: common in APL (2-48% depending on the study)
 • Triggers:
Differentiation Syndrome ... common • Imaging: CXR ... - pulmonary opacities ... initiation • Differential ... management #hematology #oncology
Lesions of the Spinal cord - Spinal Cord Syndromes

Spinal cord lesions can result in permanent neurologic
Intramedullary tumor - Hyperextension ... • Etiology - Anterior ... tracts in the anterior ... #lesions #differential ... #diagnosis #neurology
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
• Mounier-Kuhn syndrome ... dyskinesia • Young syndrome ... Physical stigmata of cor ... hypertension • ... #differential #
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management Summary

Causes of Rhabdomyolysis:
 • Trauma:
	- Immobilization
	- Crush injury
	- Compartment
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential ... ) • AKI: BUN/Cr ... injured muscles - HYPOTENSION ... Rhabdomyolysis #Differential ... causes #treatment #nephrology
Hyponatremia Differential Diagnosis Algorithm in Cancer
UOsm ≥ 100 mOsm/kg = Urine is inappropriately concentrated for hypotonic
Hyponatremia Differential ... capillary leak syndrome ... #Hyponatremia #Differential ... Cancer #algorithm #nephrology ... #oncology