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Adrenal Insufficiency - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Primary Adrenal Insufficiency:
Most Common Cause in the US: Autoimmune Adrenalitis
Other
ketoconazole, etomidate) Symptoms ... and Exam Findings ... hypophysitis, Sheehan's syndrome ... A STIM test can ... Diagnosis #Management #Endocrinology
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
hypertension and signs ... or acute kidney injury ... Stage 2 hypertension ... bruit or signs ... Vasculitis • Endocrinologic
Adhesive Capsulitis (Frozen Shoulder) - Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

 • Primary (Idiopathic): Unknown etiology, but associated
Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings ... Prolonged shoulder injury ... a stroke that caused ... #signs #stages ... #staging #msk
Uncommon Causes of Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema (NCPE) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

High Altitude Pulmonary Edema:
 • Accumulation
Traumatic brain injury ... nervous system injury ... • Signs/Symptoms ... • Signs/Symptoms ... status, decreased
Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA) - Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
 • Note: in DKA, body K+ is lost
Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings ... patient has good renal ... the anion gap until ... Signs/Symptoms/Complications ... pathophysiology #endocrinology
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
lesion: Clinical findings ... signs below the ... Non-compressive Spinal Cord Causes ... hypercoagulable states ... MCTD, Sjogren syndrome
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
, and possibly renal ... are not caused ... incidental CXR finding ... anterior/posterior MSK ... Diagnosis #Management #Signs
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
bronchial wall injury ... → mucous stasis ... inflammation Symptoms ... • Mounier-Kuhn syndrome ... Nasal polyps and signs
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
injury), Coags ... anti-GBM) Other tests ... or serologies + symptoms ... Goodpasture's cause ... FINDINGS: • U/
Cushing's Syndrome - Hypercortisolism - Diagnosis and Clinical Features
1) Skin
 • Thin, easily bruisable skin with
Cushing's Syndrome ... dexamethasone suppression test ... reticularis • If no findings ... Hypercortisolism #Diagnosis #signs ... #symptoms #endocrinology