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Heat Illnesses and Heat Stroke - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Heat Cramps:
 • Muscle pain or spasm -
Heat Stroke - Differential ... Muscle pain or spasm ... Loss of sodium/Potassium ... → Syncope • Signs ... Hypoglycemia - Hypocalcemia
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management Summary

Causes of Rhabdomyolysis:
 • Trauma:
	- Immobilization
	- Crush injury
	- Compartment
injury, Heat stroke ... Dermatomyositis Clinical ... Hyperphosphatemia • Hypocalcemia ... /Late - Hypercalcemia ... Monitor potassium
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
Hypertension - Workup ... or papilledema, heart ... disorders including hypokalemia ... 109 mm Hg) with clinical ... hormonal excess or hypokalaemia
Cushing's Syndrome - Hypercortisolism - Diagnosis and Clinical Features
1) Skin
 • Thin, easily bruisable skin with
Diagnosis and Clinical ... purple abdominal striae ... of the femoral head ... Cataracts Labs: Hypokalemia ... Hypercortisolism #Diagnosis #signs