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Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
Causes of Secondary ... from different classes ... renovascular or endocrine causes ... Causes: • Vascular ... Hypertension #Workup #causes
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
exclude other causes ... Clinical • Under-recognized ... during Delivery • Stable ... Thromboembolic complications ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
adverse events or complications ... ASA class If ... Change in clinical ... Stable patients ... one post op Cardiology
Clinically Significant Cardiovascular Drug-Drug Interactions With OTC Supplements and Herbal Products
Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors (ACEIs)
 • Night-blooming
Clinically Significant ... vera, Licorice - Causes ... potential arrhythmias Class ... supplementals #herbal #pharmacology ... #DDI #table #cardiology
Low Alkaline Phosphatase - Hypophosphatasia 

Is Low Alkaline Phosphatase Of Clinical Importance?

ALP enzyme- Discovered in 1923
Low
Phosphatase Of Clinical ... Most cases diagnosed ... prematurely • risk ... membrane into the CNS ... Phosphatase: • Other causes
Gout (Gouty Arthritis) - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Eccentric soft-tissue densities surrounding the third proximal interphalangeal
These are CLASSIC ... Case description ... prior signs or clinical ... • PVNS/Giant Cell ... #msk #rheumatology
Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID)

What?
CVID: Immunodeficiency disorder with hypogammaglobulinemia -> increased infection risk secondary to impaired B-cell
increased infection risk ... to 8 years Clinical ... noninfectious complications ... DDX - Other causes ... hypogammaglobulinemia #immunology #hematology
For my UME micro course, I made a figure that captures this terminology and lets learners
the spectrum of clinically ... important drug classes ... does not equal clinical ... #antibiogram #pharmacology ... management #spectrum #table
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
JVD, Orthopnea/PND ... the determined cause ... algorithm #management #cardiology ... #treatment #table ... #pharmacology
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview

Epidemiology:
• F > M: 9:1
• 5-6th Decades (can be any age)

Autoimmune exocrinopathy multisystemic disease
Hypocomplementemia • Can cause ... salivary ducts Clinical ... effusion, INC risk ... Malignancy Risk ... lubricants • Pharmacologic