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Causes of Headache - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Primary: Tension, Migraine, Cluster
Extracranial: Medications, Sinusitis, TMJ disorder, Cervicogenic, Glaucoma,
Causes of Headache ... Extracranial: Medications ... arteritis Vascular: Hypertension ... Encephalitis, Abscess ... uw_IMresidency #Headache
Oral Antihypertensive Medications - Selection by Comorbidities
Comorbidities: 
 • Stable Angina, HFpEF, HFrEF, AFib, TAA/Marfan, Aortic
Antihypertensive Medications ... Pregnancy, Cluster Headache ... Antihypertensive #Medications ... #Hypertension # ... #pharmacology #table
Alternatives to opioids for pain management in the emergency department decreases opioid usage and maintains patient
PainSyndromes #Indications ... #Pathways #Table ... MSK #Migraine #Headache ... #Colic
Pharmacologic Treatment of Hypertensive Emergencies in Pregnancy
Drug - Dose range - Onset/oeak/duration - Side effects
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Hydralazine - Headache ... , tachycardia, nausea ... infarction, flushing, headache ... - Urapidil - Nausea ... #Pharmacology #Medications
Right Upper Quadrant Pain
Liver:
 - Infectious: Acute viral hepatitis, Liver abscess
 - Non-infectious: hepatitis (Alcohol, Medications),
hepatitis, Liver abscess ... hepatitis (Alcohol, Medications ... "biliary colic") ... Subdiaphragmatic abscess ... differential #diagnosis #causes
When to Evaluate for Secondary Causes of Hypertension
1. Severe or resistant HTN
2. Acute rise/lability in BP
3.
for Secondary Causes ... of Hypertension ... or electrolyte abnormalities ... #causes #differential ... #indications #diagnosis
Causes of Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unprovoked - Epilepsy:
 • Focal: Simple, Complex
 • Generalized: Absence,
Causes of Seizures ... Vascular: Stroke, Hypertension ... Toxic: Alcohol, Medication ... Encephalitis, Brain Abscess ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Unilateral Fixed Dilated Pupil - Differential Diagnosis Framework
If Altered Mental Status - Consider Oculomotor (3rd cranial
, lntracranial hypertension ... no neurological cause ... : • Trauma • Medication ... • Congenital abnormalities
Liver Abscess
•	Pyogenic abscess, accounts for 80% of abscess.
•	Amebic abscess due to Entamoeba histolytica, accounts for 10%.
•	Fungal
Liver Abscess • ... Pyogenic abscess ... the bacterial cases ... organisms: E. coli ... of ABX therapy Indications
Drug-Induced Hypertension - Common Medications 

Corticosteroids (prednisone) 
Sympathomimetics (amphetamine, pseudoephedrine)
SNRl's (duloxetine, venlafaxine) 
Calcineurin Inhibitors (tacrolimus, cyclosporine)
- Common Medications ... , with medications ... ton of different medications ... most common drug classes ... so that you can assess