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Secondary Causes of Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hypertension - BP > 140/90 (>130/80 for DM)
Hypertensive urgency
of Hypertension ... Diagnosis Algorithm Hypertension ... emergency (any visit), Hypertension ... based on repeat clinic ... • Refractory hypertension
Hypertension and Altered Mental Status (AMS) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Hypertension:
 • Hypertensive emergency
 • Hypertensive encephalopathy
Hypertension and ... Diagnosis Framework Hypertension ... • Cushing’s syndrome ... with compensatory HTN ... cessation #Hypertension
Primary and Secondary Causes of Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Primary (Essential) (95%) - Onset between age
of Hypertension ... Resistant hypertension ... excess (Cushing syndrome ... ) #Hypertension ... Primary #Secondary #HTN
Secondary causes of Hypertension
 • Medications, Drugs, Chemo: NSAIDS, Steroids, CNI, Alcohol, Cocaine, OCP, Licorice, MAOI,
Secondary causes ... of Hypertension ... Hyperaldosternism (low renin HTN ... Other low renin HTN ... #Hypertension #
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
Hypertension - ... heart failure, neurologic ... 109 mm Hg) with clinical ... most pts have HTN ... Neurologic disorders
Approach to managing Glomerulonephritis (GN) in children. 

ANCA, antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies; c-ANCA, cytoplasmic antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies;
basement membrane; HTN ... , hypertension; ... Glomerulonephritis #Algorithm #Nephrology ... #Peds #Pediatrics
Portal Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis
Portal Pressure = the pressure difference between the pressure in the portal
Portal Hypertension ... >10 mmHg - clinically ... and hepatorenal syndrome ... • Budd Chiari syndrome ... AnnKumfer #Portal #Hypertension
Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy
Chronic Hypertension:
 • Guidelines as SBP ≥130 or DBP ≥ 90 mmHg
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Pregnancy Chronic Hypertension ... postpartum Gestational Hypertension ... patients • HELLP: Syndrome ... diagnosis so have high clinical ... Disorders #Pregnancy #hypertension
Causes of Hypokalemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Defining the cause of hypokalemia starts by measuring urinary K
Causes of Hypokalemia ... Defining the cause ... the existence of hypertension ... , renovascular HT ... #nephrology #potassium
Glomerular Diseases - Nephritic and Nephrotic Syndromes

Nephritic syndrome—due to GBM disruption. 
Hypertension. t BUN and creatinine.
Nephritic syndrome—due ... Hypertension. t ... RBC casts in urine ... but in severe cases ... #Proteinuria #Nephrology