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Infographic depicting the main pearls of various types of congenital adrenal hyperplasia for the medical student.
#CAH #algorithm ... #causes #pediatrics ... CongenitalAdrenalHyperplasia #diagnosis ... treatment #Peds #Endocrinology ... #Adrenal #pathophysiology
Primary Adrenal Insufficiency:
 • ACTH stimulation test - Synthetic ACTH does not stimulate cortisol secretion because
in which injury ... - This test can ... Evaluation #laboratory #diagnosis ... #testing #endocrinology ... #workup
Primary Adrenal Insufficiency
Addison's Disease - Damage of the adrenal glands with lack of cortisol, androgens and
Tuberculosis: can ... cause adrenal calcification ... Serum DHEAS Diagnosis ... addisons #disease #endocrinology ... #diagnosis #signs
Adrenal Insufficiency - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Primary Adrenal Insufficiency:
Most Common Cause in the US: Autoimmune Adrenalitis
Other
: Most Common Cause ... Adrenalitis Other causes ... A STIM test can ... ACTH STIM TEST: ... #Management #Endocrinology
Short Stature - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Normal Variant, Normal Puberty Onset (BA = CA)
 • Familial Short
- Differential Diagnosis ... • Congenital Adrenal ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Algorithm #endocrinology ... #causes #pediatrics
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
mononeuritis multiplex WORKUP ... injury), Coags ... anti-GBM) Other tests ... Goodpasture's cause ... of DAH) RENAL FINDINGS
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
Hypertension - Workup ... and Differential Diagnosis ... or acute kidney injury ... Vasculitis • Endocrinologic ... #Hypertension #Workup
Uncommon Causes of Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema (NCPE) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

High Altitude Pulmonary Edema:
 • Accumulation
- Differential Diagnosis ... - Dyspnea at rest ... Traumatic brain injury ... nervous system injury ... : - PE can cause
TTP - Laboratory Evaluation for Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura

Activity of von Willebrand factor-cleaving protease activity - A
activity is the diagnostic ... value is low, tests ... indirect antiglobulin tests ... the presence of renal ... #Workup #Hematology
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
- Differential Diagnosis ... injury in the production ... laboratory or diagnostic ... tests before beginning ... gluconeogenesis Liver Injury