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Cushing's Reflex - Pathophysiology
HYPERTENSION with a reflex BRADYCARDIA
 → ↑ ICP 
 → ↓ CBF
 →
Cushing's Reflex ... Pathophysiology HYPERTENSION ... response → ↓ HR #Cushings
Primary and Secondary Causes of Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Primary (Essential) (95%) - Onset between age
Secondary Causes of Hypertension ... • Long-standing ... Hypertensive urgency ... Glucocorticoid excess (Cushing ... ) #Hypertension
Hypertension and Altered Mental Status (AMS) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Hypertension:
 • Hypertensive emergency
 • Hypertensive encephalopathy
Hypertension and ... Diagnosis Framework Hypertension ... : • Hypertensive ... emergency • Hypertensive ... Endocrinopathies: • Cushing
Secondary Causes of Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hypertension - BP > 140/90 (>130/80 for DM)
Hypertensive urgency
Secondary Causes of Hypertension ... Diagnosis Algorithm Hypertension ... 130/80 for DM) Hypertensive ... • NO FHx • Hypertensive ... • Steroids (Cushing's
Cushing Syndrome Testing Algorithm
INDICATIONS FOR TESTING:
 • Suspected Cushing syndrome (central obesity, muscle weakness, refractory hypertension)
Testing:
Cushing Syndrome ... : • Suspected Cushing ... weakness, refractory hypertension ... ARUPConsult @ARUPLabs #Cushing
Evaluation of Secondary Hypertension
 • Primary aldosteronism - PRA, PAC
 • Renal artery stenosis - Renal
Evaluation of Secondary Hypertension ... - TSH, fT4 • Cushing ... PAC #Secondary #Hypertension
Outpatient Hypertension Management Algorithm
Monotherapy: 
 • Thiazide/thiazide-like 
 • ACE-I (non-black patients), 
 • ARB
Outpatient Hypertension ... ARB • CCB (long ... ARB + Diuretic Hypertensive ... • Hypertensive Encephalopathy ... #Outpatient #Hypertension
Clinical Effects of Large and Small Pituitary Tumours
Local complications - Headache, Visual field defect, Disconnection hyperprolactinaemia,
ring size • Cushing's ... Bruising, Myopathy, Hypertension ... Lethargy, Postural hypotension
Pulmonary Hypertension - Classification, Evaluation, POCUS Assessment

#PHTN #Pulmonary #Hypertension #Classification #Evaluation #POCUS #Assessment #Groups
Pulmonary Hypertension ... Classification, Evaluation, POCUS ... PHTN #Pulmonary #Hypertension ... Classification #Evaluation #POCUS
Diagnostic algorithm for a child or adolescent with suspected pulmonary hypertension. CHD, congenital heart disease; CPET,
suspected pulmonary hypertension ... pulmonary arterial hypertension ... pulmonary arterial hypertension ... PH, pulmonary hypertension ... ; CLD, chronic lung