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Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis and Screening Testing
Common causes: 
 • Renal parenchymal disease
Diagnosis and Screening ... Testing Common ... disease - Renal ultrasound ... Duplex Doppler ultrasound ... ; MRA; abdominal
Rheumatology Workup - Laboratories Studies in Rheumatic Diseases

• Septic arthritis - Gram stain and culture of
respectively Screening ... - CCP antibody testing ... Screening Tests ... Screening Tests ... ANA and RF (if clinical
Chronic Diarrhea - Workup
Osmotic:
 • Consider food diary and trial avoiding certain foods or meds, Consider
hydrogen breath test ... A/P, Consider testing ... colonoscopy), Abdominal ... imaging (CT, ultrasound ... celiac and/or testing
Pneumoperitoneum on POCUS

Elderly M with hypotension, abdominal pain and respiratory distress! Let's scan the abdomen first!!!
with hypotension, abdominal ... Pneumoperitoneum in the setting ... Pneumoperitoneum #FreeAir #Abdominal ... #Ultrasound #FreeFluid ... Perforation #POCUS #Clinical
Adrenal Insufficiency Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Clinical suspicion: Weakness, fatigue, nausea, musculoskeletal pain, dizziness, volume depletion, abdominal pain,
Diagnosis Algorithm Clinical ... volume depletion, abdominal ... , hypoglycemia Testing ... ACTH) stimulation test
Mechanical Bowel Obstruction and Ileus - Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Ileus: Functional bowel "blockage", no peristalsis
Mechanical Obstruction:
Pathogenesis and Clinical ... presents with acute abdominal ... acute or chronic abdominal ... Flat/low JVP, resting ... obstruction #sbo #ileus #pathophysiology
Abnormal liver function tests algorithm.
 This figure details the initial response to abnormal liver blood tests.
evaluation of the clinical ... /or suspicious clinical ... the remainder, a clinical ... decision for repeat testing ... mellitus; USS, ultrasound
Cubital Tunnel Syndrome: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

 • Paresthesia of 5th and medial half of 4th
Pathogenesis and clinical ... elbow flexion test ... Hypothenar muscle wasting ... Syndrome #Diagnosis #pathophysiology
Nutrition in Cirrhosis: Dos and Don’ts
Screening:
 • Patients at risk for RFH-Nutritional Prioritizing Tool
 • Low
Dos and Don’ts Screening ... Analysis, muscle ultrasound ... function (Handgrip test ... (avoiding long fasting ... management #hepatology #pathophysiology
Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA) - Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
 • Note: in DKA, body K+ is lost
Pathogenesis and Clinical ... Treating DKA: 1) ... tachycardia, Incr resting ... HR) • Abdominal ... DiabeticKetoacidosis #DKA #pathophysiology