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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 ... • Nephritic syndrome
Primary and Secondary Causes of Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Primary (Essential) (95%) - Onset between age
- Differential Diagnosis ... Positive family ... Repeatedly normal blood pressure ... excess (Cushing syndrome ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Causes of Generalized Edema - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Overfill (Increased renal sodium retention, Urine Na > 40meq/L)
Causes of Generalized ... - Differential Diagnosis ... pericarditis • Portal hypertension ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Algorithm #Causes
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
and Differential Diagnosis ... Hypercalcemia, Cushing's syndrome ... White-coat syndrome ... Guillain-Barre Syndrome ... #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
Differential diagnoses for the neuro-ophthalmologic finding of diplopia.
Neoplastic: 
 • Intraorbital meningioma 
 • Pituitary adenoma
Differential diagnoses ... Miller-Fisher syndrome ... Increased intracranial pressure ... Idiopathic intracranial hypertension ... #Causes #Ophthalmology
Portal Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis
Portal Pressure = the pressure difference between the pressure in the portal
Portal Hypertension ... - Differential Diagnosis ... and hepatorenal syndrome ... • Budd Chiari syndrome ... #Differential #Diagnosis
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
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
Intraoperative Hypertension - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Hypertension is most commonly due to inappropriate depth of
Airway • Check position ... alfentanil can be diagnostic ... overload / TURP syndrome ... ) • Medical causes ... #Anesthesiology