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Secondary Causes of Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hypertension - BP > 140/90 (>130/80 for DM)
Hypertensive urgency
Secondary Causes ... • Bilateral RAS ... Sympathetic nervous system ... Steroids (Cushing's, exogenous ... #Nephrology #Differential
Nail Disorders secondary to Systemic Diseases
Nail Fold Abnormality
 • SLE
 • Scleroderma
 • Dermatomyositis
Koilonychia - Spoon-shaped
Iron deficiency anemia ... • Nephrotic syndrome ... #Secondary #dermatology ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Algorithm #causes
Causes of Hypokalemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Defining the cause of hypokalemia starts by measuring urinary K
- Differential Diagnosis ... suggests either secondary ... Pseudo-hyperaldosteronism: exogenous ... #differential #diagnosis ... #nephrology #potassium
Pruritus - Generalized Differential Diagnosis Algorithm - Systemic and Primary Causes
== Primary Skin Lesions ==
Macules /
and Primary Causes ... Myelodisplastic syndrome ... Pruritus #primary #secondary ... #dermatology #Differential ... #causes
Causes of Thrombocytosis - Differential Diagnosis
Secondary Thrombocytosis (a.k.a Reactive Thrombocytosis):
 • Acute infection
 • Solid organ
Causes of Thrombocytosis ... malignancies • Anemia ... Myelodysplastic syndrome ... #Causes #hematology ... #secondary
Hypokalemia Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hypertensive:
 • High Al, Low R - Primary aldosteronism
 • High Al, High
Hypokalemia Differential Diagnosis ... High Al, High R - Secondary ... Pseudo-hyperaldosteronism: exogenous ... #Algorithm #nephrology ... #causes #low #potassium
Primary and Secondary Causes of Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Primary (Essential) (95%) - Onset between age
- Differential Diagnosis ... - Exogenous ... excess (Cushing syndrome ... Hyperthyroidism (mainly systolic ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Secondary Syphilis Rash
Secondary syphilis is the most contagious of all the stages of this disease, and
Rash Secondary ... characterized by a systemic ... resembling rashes caused ... #Rash #Diagnosis ... Clinical #Photo #Dermatology
Micronutrient Deficiencies After Gastric Bypass
Fat-Soluble Vitamins:
 • Vitamin A - Night/complete blindness, xeropthalmia (pathologic dryness of
non-specific skin rash ... Bone disease, secondary ... • Thiamine - Nausea ... ataxia), Korsakoff syndrome ... #differential #diagnosis
Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS)
Classified among the secondary or acquired forms of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (sHLH)

What?
A subset of
Classified among the secondary ... Petechial or purpuric rash ... with leukopenia, anemia ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Hematology #Rheumatology