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Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
- Workup and Differential ... Diagnosis Approach ... Vasculitis • Endocrinologic ... Renal parenchymal disease ... Neurologic disorders
Causes of Hypomagnesemia
 • Redistribution: IV glucose, Correction of diabetic ketoacidosis, IV hyperalimentation, Refeeding after starvation,
Tubulointerstitial renal disease ... ) • Endocrine disorders ... hormone secretion, Hyperthyroidism ... #Causes #differential ... #diagnosis #nephrology
Erectile Dysfunction: Pathogenesis

Erectile Dysfunction - Persistent or recurrent inability to achieve an erection sufficient to achieve
psychological disorder ... and rigidity Endocrinologic ... Erectile Dysfunction Hypertension ... #Dysfunction #Pathophysiology ... #Urology #Diagnosis
Hypermagnesemia - Diagnosis and Management

Hypermagnesemia is a serum magnesium concentration > 2.6 mg/dL.
Symptoms include hyporeflexia, hypotension,
Management Hypermagnesemia ... hyporeflexia, hypotension ... hypercalcemia, Hypothyroidism ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #magnesium #nephrology
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
may precede the neurologic ... Shock, Autoimmune disease ... Etiology: • Pathophysiology ... Reversible course Differential ... #management #neurology
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management Summary

Causes of Rhabdomyolysis:
 • Trauma:
	- Immobilization
	- Crush injury
	- Compartment
Endocrine: Hypo/Hyperthyroidism ... injured muscles - HYPOTENSION ... of underlying disease ... #Diagnosis #Management ... causes #treatment #nephrology
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
monophasic Pathophysiology ... bouts of HTN Diagnostic ... , Hep A/B/CMV, TB ... #management #neurology ... #differential
Gitelman Syndrome Overview

What?
• Inherited (AR) hypokalemic salt-losing tubulopathies affecting the thiazide-sensitive sodium chloride cotransporter
• Gitelman's syndrome
ratio 0.5%) Differential ... • Autoimmune disease ... Gitelman #Syndrome #diagnosis ... #nephrology #management ... #pathophysiology