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Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia - 21-Hydroxylase Deficiency - Signs and Symptoms
 • Brain: Androgenization effects, Glucocorticoid effects,
Hyperplasia - 21-Hydroxylase ... Reproductive: Gonadal hypofunction ... #Hyperplasia #Hydroxylase
Secondary causes of Hypertension
 • Medications, Drugs, Chemo: NSAIDS, Steroids, CNI, Alcohol, Cocaine, OCP, Licorice, MAOI,
Pseudoephedrine • Primary ... Renovascular • Primary ... Syndrome, 11B hydroxylase ... def, 17alpha hydroxylase
Primary Adrenal Insufficiency
Addison's Disease - Damage of the adrenal glands with lack of cortisol, androgens and
Primary Adrenal ... Autoimmune: + 21-Hydroxylase ... hypothyroidism - Primary ... ACTH - + 21-hydroxylase ... IF < 18 ug/dL Primary
Hypophosphatemia - Measurement of urine phosphate excretion - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 • GI loss
 • Redistribution
Redistribution • Primary ... deficiency • Primary ... Hypophosphatemia #urine #urinary
Cushing Syndrome Testing Algorithm
INDICATIONS FOR TESTING:
 • Suspected Cushing syndrome (central obesity, muscle weakness, refractory hypertension)
Testing:
endocrinology #Adrenal #Hyperfunction
Common causes of Acute Kidney Injury AKI - Differential Diagnosis
HEMODYNAMIC
 • Cardiac failure: Impaired forward flow,
OBSTRUCTIVE • Urinary ... cervical cancer) • Urinary ... Glomerulonephritides (GN) • Primary ... Disease process primarily
Causes of Primary Amenorrhea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
No onset of menarche by age 16 with secondary
Causes of Primary ... deficiency • 17- a Hydroxylase ... Hypothyroidism #Primary
Medications associated with neuroleptic malignant syndrome

First-generation and second-generation antipsychotics are dopamine receptor antagonists, which produce a
of dopaminergic hypofunction
Algorithm for patients with hypokalemia on the basis of the potassium-to-creatinine ratio in the urine
Urine K+
syndrome, 11beta-hydroxylase ... deficiency, 17alpha-hydroxylase
Anosmia / Smell Dysfunction - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Nasal Obstruction/ URTI:
 • Septal Deviation
 • Allergic Rhinitis
Mellitus • Adrenal Hypofunction ... • Adrenal Hyperfunction