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Hypertension and Altered Mental Status (AMS) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Hypertension:
 • Hypertensive emergency
 • Hypertensive encephalopathy
Status (AMS) - Differential ... Acute GN • Acute/Chronic ... Drug (+): ... Cocaine • NMS • Serotonin ... #Diagnosis #causes
Serotonin Syndrome Drug Precipitants and Pharmacology
↑ Serotonin Formation: Tryptophan, Oxitriptan
↑ Serotonin Release: Amphetamines, Cocaine, Mirtazapine
↑ Serotonin
Serotonin Syndrome ... Drug Precipitants ... #medications #causes ... #differential # ... diagnosis #drug
Examples of medications that may precipitate serotonin syndrome

#Diagnosis #Differential #Serotonin #Syndrome #Medications #Drugs #Causes
Examples of medications ... #Differential # ... Serotonin #Syndrome ... #Medications #Drugs ... #Causes
Causes of Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unprovoked - Epilepsy:
 • Focal: Simple, Complex
 • Generalized: Absence,
- Differential ... Vascular: Stroke, Hypertension ... vasoconstriction syndrome ... Toxic: Alcohol, Medication ... , Recreational drugs
Primary and Secondary Causes of Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Primary (Essential) (95%) - Onset between age
- Differential ... Uncontrolled • Drug ... licorice • Medications ... excess (Cushing syndrome ... HTN #Cardiology #Differential
Secondary causes of Hypertension
 • Medications, Drugs, Chemo: NSAIDS, Steroids, CNI, Alcohol, Cocaine, OCP, Licorice, MAOI,
of Hypertension ... • Medications ... , Drugs, Chemo: ... #Hypertension # ... differential #diagnosis
Classification, Differential Diagnosis, and Features of Hyponatremia According to Volume Status 

Hypervolemic hypernatremia 
 - CHF
- Nephrotic syndrome ... - Acute and chronic ... Hypokalemia - Drugs ... #Diagnosis #Table ... #Causes
REBEL Review 99: Serotonin Syndrome via Yosuf Alam, MSIV

Presentation: Altered mentd status, Seizures, Myoclonus, Hypertension, Hyperthermia
REBEL Review 99: Serotonin ... Syndrome via Yosuf ... Seizures, Myoclonus, Hypertension ... Hyperthermia (most common cause ... all serotonergic drugs
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis and Screening Testing
Common causes: 
 • Renal parenchymal disease
Hypertension - ... Differential Diagnosis ... • Cushing’s syndrome ... #Differential # ... Screening #Workup #table
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
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Causes of Chronic ... Dyspnea - Differential ... Artery Disease • Stable ... Acute Coronary Syndrome ... • Pulmonary Hypertension