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Secondary Causes of Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hypertension - BP > 140/90 (>130/80 for DM)
Hypertensive urgency
- Differential Diagnosis ... DM (visit 2), Diagnosis ... Ambulatory blood pressure ... monitor, Self/Home pressure ... HTN #Secondary #Nephrology
Primary and Secondary Causes of Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Primary (Essential) (95%) - Onset between age
and Secondary Causes ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Positive family ... Repeatedly normal blood pressure ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Ocular Ultrasound Pocketcard
Painless Vision Loss
 • Retinal Detachment 
 • Posterior Vitreous Detachment 
 • Vitreous
Ocular Ultrasound ... Elevated Intracranial Pressure ... Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension ... #differential #diagnosis ... #radiology #ophthalmology
Hypotension - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Hypotension is commonly due to unnecessarily deep anaesthesia, the autonomic
Hypotension ... Airway • Check position ... can cause hypotension ... #Differential #Anesthesiology ... Intraoperative #Checklist #Diagnosis
Intraoperative Hypertension - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Hypertension is most commonly due to inappropriate depth of
Airway • Check position ... hypercarbia as causes ... alfentanil can be diagnostic ... #Anesthesiology ... Intraoperative #Checklist #Diagnosis
Differential diagnoses for the neuro-ophthalmologic finding of diplopia.
Neoplastic: 
 • Intraorbital meningioma 
 • Pituitary adenoma
Differential diagnoses ... for the neuro-ophthalmologic ... Increased intracranial pressure ... Idiopathic intracranial hypertension ... #Causes #Ophthalmology
Increased Airway Pressure - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Using these steps from start to end should
surgery related cause ... Airway • Check position ... levelling patient position ... #Differential #Anesthesiology ... Intraoperative #Checklist #Diagnosis
Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
- Differential Diagnosis ... Physiologic Causes ... Pathologic Causes ... PP and systolic hypertension ... significantly positive
Causes of Chronic Kidney Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Decreased kidney function (eGFR < 60 ml/min/1.73 m2)
Causes of Chronic ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Family history, ultrasound ... • Diabetes • Hypertension ... KidneyDisease #Nephrology
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis and Screening Testing
Common causes: 
 • Renal parenchymal disease
Hypertension - ... Differential Diagnosis ... disease - Renal ultrasound ... Duplex Doppler ultrasound ... conditions (supine position