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Hypertension and Altered Mental Status (AMS) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Hypertension:
 • Hypertensive emergency
 • Hypertensive encephalopathy
- Differential Diagnosis ... • Cushing’s syndrome ... : • Acute GN ... • Acute/Chronic ... • Serotonin syndrome
Evaluation of Secondary Hypertension
 • Primary aldosteronism - PRA, PAC
 • Renal artery stenosis - Renal
Evaluation of Secondary Hypertension ... fT4 • Cushing syndrome ... PAC #Secondary #Hypertension ... resistant #Evaluation #workup ... #diagnosis
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
- Workup and Differential ... Diagnosis Approach ... An acute rise or ... #Workup #causes ... #Differential #Diagnosis
TiTrATE Approach to Vertigo
TiTrATE approach stands for Timing, Triggers and Targeted Examination.
4 vestibular syndromes that are
BPPV, orthostatic hypotension ... Traumatic/toxic acute ... - Spontaneous acute ... (eg central cause ... #diagnosis #acute
Primary and Secondary Causes of Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Primary (Essential) (95%) - Onset between age
- Differential Diagnosis ... taken at home, work ... and bilateral renal ... excess (Cushing syndrome ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Approach to Thrombocytosis - Elevated Platelet Count - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Peripheral Smear concerning for malignancy?
- Differential Diagnosis ... for workup, including ... Inflammatory Conditions: Rheumatologic ... Kawasaki, Nephrotic syndrome ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Workup for Hypophosphatemia - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Rule out spurious hypophosphatemia: paraproteinemia, acute leukemia
Measure Urine Fractional Excretion
Workup for Hypophosphatemia ... - Differential Diagnosis ... paraproteinemia, acute ... Insulin/Glucose, Acute ... FEPO4 ≥ 5% - Renal
Causes of Generalized Edema - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Overfill (Increased renal sodium retention, Urine Na > 40meq/L)
- Differential Diagnosis ... Overfill (Increased renal ... pericarditis • Portal hypertension ... • Sepsis • Acute ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Differential diagnosis of schistocytes / fragmentation hemolysis:
 • Thrombotic microangiopathies (TMA)
    - TTP
Differential diagnosis ... hemolytic-uremic syndrome ... Trousseau's • Malignant hypertension ... • Scleroderma renal ... #hematology #hemolysis
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Acute Kidney Injury ... - AKI Workup Algorithm ... and Differential Diagnosis ... syndrome: troponin ... #Injury #AKI #Workup