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Secondary Causes of Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hypertension - BP > 140/90 (>130/80 for DM)
Hypertensive urgency
- Differential ... based on repeat clinic ... • Nephritic syndrome ... Excess: • Conn's syndrome ... Secondary #Nephrology #Differential
Hypertension and Altered Mental Status (AMS) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Hypertension:
 • Hypertensive emergency
 • Hypertensive encephalopathy
Hypertension and ... Status (AMS) - Differential ... • Cushing’s syndrome ... • Serotonin syndrome ... encephalopathy #altered #Differential
Causes of Severe Aortic Regurgitation - Differential Diagnosis
Acute:
 • Leaflet: Traumatic Rupture, Acute Infective Endocarditis, Acute
Regurgitation - Differential ... Endocarditis, Acute Prosthetic ... Degeneration, Prosthetic ... Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome ... Systemic Arterial Hypertension
Primary and Secondary Causes of Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Primary (Essential) (95%) - Onset between age
Secondary Causes of Hypertension ... - Differential ... Hypertensive urgency ... excess (Cushing syndrome ... HTN #Cardiology #Differential
Causes of Ascites - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Portal Hypertension - Prehepatic:
 • Portal vein thrombosis
 • Splenic
Causes of Ascites - Differential ... Sinusoidal obstruction syndrome ... • Budd-Chiari syndrome ... • Nephrotic syndrome ... 2LmUODZ #Ascites #Differential
Stroke Etiologies
Hemorrhagic (IPH, SAH)
Ischemic
 - Large Vessel Atherosclerosis
 - Cardioembolic: Atrial fib, prosthetic valves, LV aneurysm,
Cardioembolic: Atrial fib, prosthetic ... artery dissection, Hypotension ... Stroke #causes #differential
Causes of Thrombocytopenia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 
Decreased Megakaryopoiesis
 • Aplastic Anemia
 • Toxic Damage (e.g.
Thrombocytopenia - Differential ... Non-lmmune: • HELLP Syndrome ... Prosthetic Heart ... Thrombocytopenia #Differential
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
- Workup and Differential ... 109 mm Hg) with clinical ... White-coat syndrome ... Guillain-Barre Syndrome ... Workup #causes #Differential
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes and Mimics - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis
90%:
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Pulmonary Renal Syndromes ... and Mimics - Differential ... Antiphospholipid Syndrome ... disease, Malignant hypertension ... #Mimics #Differential
Causes of Small Bowel Bleeding - Differential Diagnosis
Common Causes:
 • Under age 40 years: Inflammatory Bowel
Bowel Bleeding - Differential ... and/or portal hypertensive ... Plummer-Vinson syndrome ... , Inherited syndromes ... SmallBowel #Bleeding #Differential