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Primary Adrenal Insufficiency
Addison's Disease - Damage of the adrenal glands with lack of cortisol, androgens and
Primary Adrenal ... aldosterone Causes ... : Most Common Causes ... /vomiting • Abdominal ... axillary or pubic hair
Adrenal Crisis
Do not confuse acute adrenal crisis with Addison disease. In 1855, Thomas Addison described a
symptoms. ... with vomiting, abdominal ... of primary adrenal ... adrenalcrisis #cortisol ... hydrocortisonr #ACTH #AI
Adrenal Insufficiency - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Primary Adrenal Insufficiency:
Most Common Cause in the US: Autoimmune Adrenalitis
Other
Management Summary Primary ... : Most Common Cause ... ketoconazole, etomidate) Symptoms ... ) w/ anorexia, abdominal ... Insufficiency #Primary
CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS 
OF ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY. 

Primary and secondary adrenal insufficiency:
 - Tiredness, weakness, mental depression
Primary and secondary ... hypotension - Nausea ... axillary and pubic hair ... Insufficiency #Signs ... #Symptoms #Adrenal
Pulmonary Pathology and Associated Lung Ultrasound Findings
Pneumothorax:
 - No lung sliding/barcode sign
 - Lung point (hard
Associated Lung Ultrasound ... pleura reflection) Pneumonia ... pleura in severe cases ... - Dynamic air ... #Lung #POCUS #ultrasound
Cushing's Syndrome - Hypercortisolism - Diagnosis and Clinical Features
1) Skin
 • Thin, easily bruisable skin with
classically purple abdominal ... not a feature of primary ... Imaging: 1) Primary ... Hypercortisolism #Diagnosis #signs ... #symptoms #endocrinology
Imaging Modalities for Renal Calculus

AXR. KUB
 - Good far calcium-containing stones useful when limited radiation dose
Calculus AXR ... KUB - Good far ... radiation dose Ultrasound ... of flank or abdominal ... lower and upper urinary