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Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis and Screening Testing
Common causes: 
 • Renal parenchymal disease
Causes of Secondary ... disease - Renal ultrasound ... Duplex Doppler ultrasound ... ; MRA; abdominal ... CT or MRI scan of
Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA) - Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
 • Note: in DKA, body K+ is lost
out of cells may cause ... hypokalemia, give IV KCI ... . 2) Insulin + KCI ... resting HR) • Abdominal ... DiabeticKetoacidosis #DKA #pathophysiology
Functional Dyspepsia - Signs, Symptoms and Pathophysiology
Delayed gastric emptying - Postprandial fullness, nausea, vomiting
Hypersensitivity to gastric
, Symptoms and Pathophysiology ... hypersensitivity - Nausea ... hypersensitivity - Nausea ... postprandial fullness, abdominal ... Functional #Dyspepsia #Pathophysiology
Abdominal Pain - Physical Examination Signs and Maneuvers
 - Murphy's sign
 - Kehr's sign
 - McBurney's
Abdominal Pain - ... sign - Pulsatile Masses ... #Differential #PhysicalExam
Mechanical Bowel Obstruction and Ileus - Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Ileus: Functional bowel "blockage", no peristalsis
Mechanical Obstruction:
presents with acute abdominal ... acute or chronic abdominal ... hypotension • Abdominal ... percussion • Nausea ... obstruction #sbo #ileus #pathophysiology
Paradoxical Respirations in Diaphragmatic Paralysis

Note the paradoxical movement of the abdomen during inspiration. The accessory inspiratory
This change causes ... and the anterior abdominal ... Clinical #Video #PhysicalExam
Acute Fatty Liver of Pregnancy (AFLP)
Pathophysiology:
 • Defect in fetal free fatty acid metabolism products →
Pregnancy (AFLP) Pathophysiology ... = nonspecific (nausea ... , vomiting, abdominal ... Antithrombin Ill • Ultrasound ... diagnosis #management #pathophysiology
Pathyophysiology - hyperglycemic crises in patients with diabetes 
Key signs/symptoms of HHS/DKA:
Both: Polyuria, polydipsia, weight loss,
Pathyophysiology ... hyperglycemic crises ... , N/V, diffuse abdominal
Imaging Modalities for Renal Calculus

AXR. KUB
 - Good far calcium-containing stones useful when limited radiation dose
radiation dose Ultrasound ... of flank or abdominal ... Combination of above MRI ... for non-calculus causes ... scan) when an ultrasound
Pneumoperitoneum from perforated duodenal ulcer on RUQ POCUS

Male with severe RUQ abdominal pain. Answer in thread.
with severe RUQ abdominal ... as shown in the case ... worry about rare case ... POCUS #clinical #ultrasound ... #Abdominal