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Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis and Screening Testing
Common causes: 
 • Renal parenchymal disease
- Differential Diagnosis ... ultrasound, Tests ... Duplex Doppler ultrasound ... ; MRA; abdominal ... conditions (supine position
Primary and Secondary Causes of Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Primary (Essential) (95%) - Onset between age
- Differential Diagnosis ... Positive family ... • Long-standing ... Repeatedly normal blood ... excess (Cushing syndrome
Female passenger who fell off a motorcycle with hypotension. Lots of blood in the Spleno-renal space.
the Spleno-renal ... #pocus #ultrasound ... #clinical #abdominalus ... #trauma #FAST # ... Positive #LUQ
Adrenal Insufficiency - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Primary Adrenal Insufficiency:
Most Common Cause in the US: Autoimmune Adrenalitis
Other
Management Summary ... Primary Adrenal ... ) w/ anorexia, abdominal ... Insufficiency: Long-term ... hypophysitis, Sheehan's syndrome
Clinical Features of Systemic Lupus (SLE)
General: Fever (50%), Depression, Fatigue (75%), Weight loss (50%)
Eye: Sjögrens (15%)
Skin
effusion, Restrictive lung ... Demyelinating syndromes ... valve lesions Abdominal ... haemolytic Coombs positive ... signs #symptoms #diagnosis
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management Summary

Causes of Rhabdomyolysis:
 • Trauma:
	- Immobilization
	- Crush injury
	- Compartment
- Differential Diagnosis ... Rhabdomyolysis: • Trauma ... Tachycardia - N/V - Abdominal ... Myoglobinuria: UA positive ... for blood with
Diuretics and Agents Regulating Renal Excretion

Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors (Acetazolamide, Dichlorphenamide)
 • Glaucoma
 • Epilepsy
 • Altitude
Diagnosis of ... irrigation • Management ... Postoperative abdominal ... insipidus • Primary ... Prevention of blood
Elevated Lactate Dehydrogenase (LDH) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

LDH is a cytoplasmic enzyme present in tissues throughout
- Differential Diagnosis ... deficiency of red blood ... deficiency - Primary ... Pneumonia • Other lung ... Demand ischemia • Trauma
Abdominal Compartment Syndrome & Intrabdominal Pressure Measurement
APP (Abdominal Perfusion Pressure) = MAP (Mean Arterial Pressure) -
CO) and impedes lung ... divided into: - Primary ... patient in a supine position ... POCUS) and function ... #Instructions #diagnosis
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
• Major blood ... Pulmonary 3) Abdominal ... infection have positive ... blood cultures ... #Management #Infections