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Signs of Pulmonary Hypertension on Chest CT
 • Main PA is dilated and larger than the
Signs of Pulmonary Hypertension ... 1.0 • Contrast reflux ... #Pulmonary #Hypertension ... #PHTN #ChestCT ... #cardiology #diagnosis
Primary and Secondary Causes of Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Primary (Essential) (95%) - Onset between age
of Hypertension ... Resistant hypertension ... ) #Hypertension ... Primary #Secondary #HTN ... #Cardiology #Differential
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 ... • Refractory hypertension ... Pheochromocytoma #Hypertension
Hypertension and Altered Mental Status (AMS) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Hypertension:
 • Hypertensive emergency
 • Hypertensive encephalopathy
Hypertension and ... Diagnosis Framework Hypertension ... with compensatory HTN ... cessation #Hypertension ... Differential #Diagnosis #causes
Causes of Pulmonary Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
 • Idiopathic
 • Associated with:
Causes of Pulmonary ... Hypertension - ... Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension ... - Portal Hypertension ... PulmonaryHypertension #PHTN
When to Evaluate for Secondary Causes of Hypertension
1. Severe or resistant HTN
2. Acute rise/lability in BP
3.
for Secondary Causes ... of Hypertension ... Malignant HTN with ... BCM_InternalMed #Secondary #Hypertension ... #causes #differential
Pharmacologic Treatment of Hypertensive Emergencies in Pregnancy
Drug - Dose range - Onset/oeak/duration - Side effects
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, tachycardia, nausea ... headache, and reflex ... - Urapidil - Nausea ... #Hypertensive ... Obstetrics #OBGyn #HTN
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
Hypertension - ... : Resistant hypertension ... persistence of hypertension ... of hypertension ... most pts have 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 #
Clinical Classification of Pulmonary Hypertension

1. Pulmonary arterial hypertension from pulmonary vasculopathy
Idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension
Heritable gene mutations
Pulmonary arterial hypertension ... Pulmonary hypertension ... Pulmonary hypertension ... #PHTN #Classification ... #Differential #Causes