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Adrenal Incidentalomas: Hormone Evaluation
 • Zona Glomerulosa: Primary Hyperaldosteronism?
    - Aldosterone and renin
Adrenal Incidentalomas ... Aldosterone and renin if hypokalemia ... and/or hypertension ... Evaluation #Diagnosis #workup ... #endocrinology
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
- Workup and Differential ... disorders including hypokalemia ... Vasculitis • Endocrinologic ... #Workup #causes ... #Differential #
Benign Adrenal Mass - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hyperplasia - Often Bilateral
 • Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia
 • ACTH
Benign Adrenal Mass ... - Differential ... • Congenital Adrenal ... +/- Hypokalemia ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Endocrinology
Approach to the Hypotensive Patient - Differential Diagnosis Framework for Hypotension

Blood Pressure = Heart Rate x
Hypotensive Patient - Differential ... Framework for Hypotension ... • Adrenal insufficiency ... Afterload: • Sepsis ... Anaphylaxis • Adrenal
Malignant Adrenal Mass - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Suggestive of Malignancy: Inhomogenous Density, Delay in CT Contrast Washout
Mass - Differential ... Aldosterone Excess Hypertension ... +/- Hypokalemia ... AdrenalMass #Malignant #Differential ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Endocrinology
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis and Screening Testing
Common causes: 
 • Renal parenchymal disease
Causes of Secondary Hypertension ... - Differential ... (correction of hypokalemia ... #Differential # ... Causes #Screening #Workup
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
Eclampsia, Infection/Sepsis ... Immunosuppressive agents, Renal ... Blood transfusion, Hypercalcemia ... Reversible course Differential ... Seizures: Treat with AEDs
Shock Overview
A state of tissue hypoxia due to decreased or dysregulated oxygen delivery or extraction, resulting
the setting of hypotension ... status • CV: hypotension ... Inflammatory: infectious (sepsis ... anaphylaxis, toxins/meds ... #criticalcare #differential
Shock Overview
A state of tissue hypoxia due to decreased or dysregulated oxygen delivery or extraction, resulting
the setting of hypotension ... status • CV: hypotension ... Inflammatory: infectious (sepsis ... anaphylaxis, toxins/meds ... #criticalcare #differential
Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Type A: Impaired O2 Delivery (DO2)
 • Decreased O2 Delivery: Hypotension
Lactic Acidosis - Differential ... Decreased O2 Delivery: Hypotension ... Beta-Agonists, ↑ work ... liver Failure, Renal ... Malaria, Late Sepsis