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Primary Adrenal Insufficiency
Addison's Disease - Damage of the adrenal glands with lack of cortisol, androgens and
Primary Adrenal ... /vomiting • Abdominal ... axillary or pubic hair ... AI present - ... AI present -
Adrenal Insufficiency - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Primary Adrenal Insufficiency:
Most Common Cause in the US: Autoimmune Adrenalitis
Other
) w/ anorexia, abdominal ... In secondary AI ... diagnostic of AI ... least 18 excludes AI ... diagnostic of AI
Imaging Modalities for Renal Calculus

AXR. KUB
 - Good far calcium-containing stones useful when limited radiation dose
Calculus AXR ... KUB - Good far ... causes of flank ... or abdominal pain ... retroperitoneal disease
Pediatric Causes of Abdominal Pain

Surgical:
 - Acute appendicitis 
 - Intestinal obstruction including intussusception 
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Pediatric Causes ... hydronephrosis • renal ... calculus - Henoch—Schönlein ... - Sickle cell disease ... - Lower lobe pneumonia
Adrenal Crisis
Do not confuse acute adrenal crisis with Addison disease. In 1855, Thomas Addison described a
hyperpigmentation as the primary ... symptoms. ... with vomiting, abdominal ... of primary adrenal ... hydrocortisonr #ACTH #AI
CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS 
OF ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY. 

Primary and secondary adrenal insufficiency:
 - Tiredness, weakness, mental depression
Primary and secondary ... hypotension - Nausea ... eosinophilia Primary ... Autoimmune thyroid disease ... axillary and pubic hair