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Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
- Workup and Differential ... previously stable values ... and signs of end-organ ... renal bruit or signs ... #Workup #causes
Adrenal Incidentalomas: Hormone Evaluation
 • Zona Glomerulosa: Primary Hyperaldosteronism?
    - Aldosterone and renin
Aldosterone and renin if hypokalemia ... and/or hypertension ... Zona Fasciculata: Cushing ... Evaluation #Diagnosis #workup
Heat Illnesses and Heat Stroke - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Heat Cramps:
 • Muscle pain or spasm -
Loss of sodium/Potassium ... tone → Postural hypotension ... → Syncope • Signs ... Tachycardia & hypotension ... Hypoglycemia - Hypocalcemia
Intraoperative Cardiac Ischaemia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

If the patient is unconscious, signs of cardiac
is unconscious, signs ... abnormalities (hypo- or hypertension ... abnormalities particularly potassium ... Diagnosis #Management #Workup
Bulimia Nervosa: Complications
GASTROINTESTINAL
 • Dehydration & inability to digest food -> Constipation
 • Recurrent vomiting exposes
and ulcers • Vagus ... ) • Overall: hypokalemia ... pathophysiology #diagnosis #signs ... #symptoms #psychiatry
Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder (OCPD): Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
 • Miserly - Lack of generosity when it
Over-devotion to work ... object has no value ... to devotion to work ... PersonalityDisorder #Diagnosis #Psychiatry ... #Criteria #Signs