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Primary and Secondary Causes of Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Primary (Essential) (95%) - Onset between age
- Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... #Secondary #HTN ... #Cardiology #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Hypertension and Altered Mental Status (AMS) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Hypertension:
 • Hypertensive emergency
 • Hypertensive encephalopathy
Diagnosis Framework ... s syndrome • Primary ... Pheochromocytoma • Hyperthyroidism ... with compensatory HTN ... #Diagnosis #causes
Common causes of Acute Kidney Injury AKI - Differential Diagnosis
HEMODYNAMIC
 • Cardiac failure: Impaired forward flow,
Common causes of ... AKI - Differential ... Diagnosis HEMODYNAMIC ... Injury/Necrosis (ATN ... #Differential #
Portal Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis
Portal Pressure = the pressure difference between the pressure in the portal
Hypertension - Differential ... Diagnosis Portal ... • Cirrhosis/acute ... pregnancy • Primary ... #Diagnosis #causes
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
Diagnosis Approach ... , Primary Hyperaldosteronism ... , Hyperthyroidism ... most pts have HTN ... #Differential #
A primer on the causes, evaluation and management of Acute Myocardial Infarction in Young Patients. 
Obstructive:
A primer on the ... causes, evaluation ... management of Acute ... #MINOCA #differential ... #diagnosis
Guide to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)

What to ask/look for: 
 - HPI, PMH, full ROS
Guide to Acute Kidney ... pre-renal) - Urinary ... AKI #Nephrology #Diagnosis ... #Algorithm #Causes ... #Differential
Hemorrhagic Pericardial Effusions (Hemopericardium)- Differential Diagnosis Framework

IATROGENIC DISEASE
Secondary to invasive cardiac procedures

NONIATROGENIC
• Malignancy (e.g., metastatic spread:
Diagnosis Framework ... Complications of acute ... OTHER RARE CAUSES ... • PRIMARY Cardiac ... #Diagnosis #cardiology
Causes of Hypomagnesemia
Redistribution:
 - IV glucose
 - Correction of diabetic ketoacidosis
 - IV hyperalimentation
 - Refeeding
Causes of Hypomagnesemia ... starvation - Acute ... secretion - Hyperthyroidism ... Hypercalcemic states - Primary ... #diagnosis #differential
Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
Heart Failure - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Disease • Acute ... Embolism • Primary ... #HeartFailure #Cardiology