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Hypertension and Altered Mental Status (AMS) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Hypertension:
 • Hypertensive emergency
 • Hypertensive encephalopathy
- Differential Diagnosis ... Hyperthyroidism CNS ... /agitation • CNS ... /Chronic renal failure ... Polyarteritis nodosa • Scleroderma
Autoantibodies and their Disease Associations
ANA - Non-specific; common in SLE, autoimmune hepatitis
Anti-CCP, Rheumatoid factor - RA
Anti-dsDNA
their Disease Associations ... Anti-Scl-70 - Scleroderma ... Autoantibodies #Associations ... #diseases #diagnosis ... #table #rheumatology
Hyponatremia - Differential Diagnosis by Mechanism
Decr Blood Pressure (“Decr Effective Circulating Volume”) 
 - Volume depletion
- Differential Diagnosis ... depletion - Heart failure ... the lung) - CNS ... Advanced renal failure ... #Table #Causes
Autoantibodies in Rheumatology
 • Lupus (SLE): ANA (anti-nuclear antibody), dsDNA (double-stranded DNA), Anti-Smith, Anti-Ro (SSA) and
TIF1y, MDA5 • Scleroderma ... #Rheumatology #diagnosis ... #associations # ... table
Mains Electricity Failure - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Unexpected total power failure is rare and unpredictable.
Mains Electricity Failure ... until patient is stable ... By Association of ... #Anesthesiology ... Intraoperative #Checklist #Diagnosis
Diuretics and Agents Regulating Renal Excretion

Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors (Acetazolamide, Dichlorphenamide)
 • Glaucoma
 • Epilepsy
 • Altitude
disequilibrium syndrome • Diagnosis ... congestive heart failure ... congestive heart failure ... New York Heart Association ... #Medications #Table
Intraoperative Cardiac Ischaemia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

If the patient is unconscious, signs of cardiac
especially in heart failure ... By Association of ... Ischemia #Ischaemia #Anesthesiology ... Intraoperative #Checklist #Diagnosis
Intraoperative Hypertension - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Hypertension is most commonly due to inappropriate depth of
alfentanil can be diagnostic ... interaction, renal failure ... phaeochromocytoma By Association ... #Hypertension #Anesthesiology ... Intraoperative #Checklist #Diagnosis
Intraoperative Anaphylaxis - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
• Unexplained hypotension
• Unexplained bronchospasm (wheeze may be absent
Cutaneous flushing in association ... as patient is stable ... drug chart) By Association ... #Anaphylaxis #Anesthesiology ... Intraoperative #Checklist #Diagnosis
Cardiac Arrest - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

The probable cause is one or more of: something
surgery; equipment failure ... (→ 3-2) By Association ... #Differential #Anesthesiology ... Intraoperative #Checklist #Diagnosis