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Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis and Screening Testing
Common causes: 
 • Renal parenchymal disease
Causes of Secondary ... Hypertension - Differential ... • Cushing’s syndrome ... Acromegaly #Secondary ... Screening #Workup #table
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) in Patients with Cancer 

Cancer Related 
• Hypercalcemia 
• Intravenous contrast 
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LC deposition disease ... Solid tumors • Secondary ... Minimal change disease ... Cancer #Oncology #Differential ... Classification #Nephrology
Secondary Causes of Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hypertension - BP > 140/90 (>130/80 for DM)
Hypertensive urgency
Secondary Causes ... Hypertension - Differential ... 3+) Consider secondary ... Renal Parenchymal Diseases ... #Nephrology #Differential
Hyperaldosteronism - Etiologies of Mineralocorticoid Excess

Primary Hyperaldosteronism (Normal or Low Renin, High Aldosterone) 
 - Aldosterone-secreting
adrenal hyperplasia Secondary ... - Renovascular disease ... - Cushing’s syndrome ... Hyperaldosteronism #Differential ... Aldosterone #Comparison #Table
Pulmonary Renal Syndrome

Definition: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + Glomerulonephritis
Presentation (Pulmonary and renal manifestations can occur weeks apart):
Pulmonary Renal Syndrome ... symptomatology Differential ... , biopsy By Tess ... #differential # ... diagnosis #nephrology
Causes of Adrenal Insufficiency - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
ACTH-Dependent (Secondary):
 • Pituitary Dysfunction
 • Hypothalamic Dysfunction
ACTH-Independent (Primary):
Insufficiency - Differential ... ACTH-Dependent (Secondary ... Polyglandular Autoimmune Syndrome ... vein thrombosis), DIC ... Granulomatous Disease
Interstitial Lung Diseases (ILD)
Exposure-Related ILD (a.k.a. extrinsic allergic alveolitis): 
 • Hypersensitivity pneumonitis, Farmer's lung, Bird
Interstitial Lung Diseases ... Methotrexate ILD Secondary ... interstitial pneumonia (DIP ... Churg Strauss syndrome ... ILD #diagnosis #differential
Purpura - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Non-blanchable, dark red to purple, hemorrhagic skin lesions that result from leakage
Purpura - Differential ... leakage of RBC's secondary ... Thrombocytopenia: ITP • Secondary ... Kasabach-Merritt syndrome ... Gardner-Diamond syndrome
Etiologies of Peripheral Neuropathy
 • Metabolic / Nutritional: DiabetesB12 deficiency, Uremia/ESRD, Hypothyroidism
 • Medication-induced: ART, Antibiotics,
Syphilis, Lyme disease ... Paraprotein-associated (POEMS syndrome ... , myeloma, secondary ... Peripheral #Neuropathy #differential ... diagnosis #causes #neurology
Abnormal liver function tests algorithm.
 This figure details the initial response to abnormal liver blood tests.
urgent referral to secondary ... presence of metabolic syndrome ... or referral to secondary ... alcohol-related liver disease ... Liver #Enzymes #Differential