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Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis and Screening Testing
Common causes: 
 • Renal parenchymal disease
and Screening Testing ... Renal ultrasound, Tests ... • Cushing’s syndrome ... Mineralocorticoid excess syndromes ... #Screening #Workup
Eosinophil Disorders Testing Algorithm
INDICATIONS FOR TESTING:
 • Peripheral blood eosinophilia/hypereosinophilia uncovered incidentally during medical evaluation or
evaluation or workup ... 1,500 cells/µL Workup ... for secondary causes ... eosinophilia (common causes ... glucocorticoid treatment
Causes of Thrombocytopenia and Platelet Disorders - Differential Diagnosis and Workup
History:
 - Prior platelet count, family
Diagnosis and Workup ... smear, HIV/HCV testing ... K), H. pylori test ... thyroid function test ... #Workup #hematology
Commonly Used Diagnostic Tests for Celiac Disease

Tissue transglutaminase (tTG) IgA antibodies
 - Most reliable noninvasive test
Used Diagnostic Tests ... reliable noninvasive test ... Reflects response to treatment ... Celiac #Disease #Testing ... #Diagnosis #Workup
Disseminated Gonococcal Infection - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Bacteremic spread of the Gram-negative diplococci Neisseria gonorrhoeae. History
susceptibility testing ... the preferred test ... • Laboratory testing ... typically part of the workup ... • Test all patients
Peri-operative Hyperthermia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
If prolonged or ≥ 39 C this is a
Treatment depends ... • Excessive heating ... maintained fever CAUSES ... #Differential #Causes ... Diagnosis #Management #Workup
Hypomagnesemia - Etiologies by Mechanism

Decreased GI Uptake 
 - Poor dietary intake (particularly common in alcoholics)
Familial renal Mg wasting ... syndromes ... - Gitelman syndrome ... Classification #Causes ... #Workup #hypomg
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) - Diagnosis and Workup Summary
Use a positive diagnostic strategy with minimal testing.
Irritable Bowel Syndrome ... Diagnosis and Workup ... strategy with minimal testing ... cultures, but test ... #Diagnosis #workup
Major neurocognitive disorders (MNCD): Diagnosis and workup 

1) Clinical diagnosis Cognitive impairment + loss of autonomy
2)
Diagnosis and workup ... ... laboratory tests ... Alzheimer - 1st cause ... Aphaso-apraxo-agnosia syndrome ... Dementia - 2nd cause
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Chronic inflammation causes ... Most Common Causes ... • Mounier-Kuhn syndrome ... dyskinesia • Young syndrome ... mycobacteria Treatment