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Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
previously stable values ... hypertension and signs ... disorders including hypokalemia ... renal bruit or signs ... hormonal excess or hypokalaemia
Evaluation and Management of Hypokalemia

Hypokalemia is often asymptomatic. Evaluation begins with a search for warning signs
Hypokalemia is ... search for warning signs ... Most cases of hypokalemia-induced ... depletion impedes potassium ... #Diagnosis #Hypokalemia
Heat Illnesses and Heat Stroke - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Heat Cramps:
 • Muscle pain or spasm -
- Differential Diagnosis ... Loss of sodium/Potassium ... → Syncope • Signs ... Hypoglycemia - Hypocalcemia ... #causes #stroke
Conduct Disorder (CD): Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 - Must have >3 symptoms present in the past
>18 years old, criteria ... weapon that can cause ... of nontrivial value ... Pathophysiology #diagnosis ... #symptoms #signs
Bulimia Nervosa: Complications
GASTROINTESTINAL
 • Dehydration & inability to digest food -> Constipation
 • Recurrent vomiting exposes
and ulcers • Vagus ... hormone levels cause ... ) • Overall: hypokalemia ... pathophysiology #diagnosis ... #signs #symptoms
Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder (OCPD): Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
 • Miserly - Lack of generosity when it
Over-devotion to work ... object has no value ... PersonalityDisorder #Diagnosis ... #Psychiatry #Criteria ... #Signs #Symptoms