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Secondary Causes of Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hypertension - BP > 140/90 (>130/80 for DM)
Hypertensive urgency
- Differential ... Nephritic syndrome • AKI ... : • Aortic coarctation ... #HTN #Secondary ... #Nephrology #Differential
Hypertension and Altered Mental Status (AMS) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Hypertension:
 • Hypertensive emergency
 • Hypertensive encephalopathy
Status (AMS) - Differential ... Hyperthyroidism CNS: • Stroke ... with compensatory HTN ... Renal: • Acute ... renal failure
Pulse Abnormalities - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unequal/DeIayed:
 • Obstructive arterial disease (ie. Atherosclerosis)
 • Aortic dissection
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- Differential ... beats: • Left heart ... failure Pulsus ... tamponade • AECOPD/ Acute ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #causes
Acute Kidney Injury - Classification
Prerenal:
 • Dehydration
 • Heart failure (a.k.a. cardiorenal syndrome)
 • Liver failure
Dehydration • Heart ... failure (a.k.a. ... disease - Hypertensive ... tubular necrosis (causes ... Classification #diagnosis #nephrology
Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
Stroke Volume / ... disorders: - Aortic ... regurgitation - Aortic ... PP and systolic hypertension ... Diagnoses: • Acute
Primary and Secondary Causes of Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Primary (Essential) (95%) - Onset between age
- Differential ... taken at home, work ... disease - CKD, AKI ... Mechanical • Aortic ... Primary #Secondary #HTN
Common causes of Acute Kidney Injury AKI - Differential Diagnosis
HEMODYNAMIC
 • Cardiac failure: Impaired forward flow,
AKI - Differential ... HEMODYNAMIC • Cardiac failure ... • Prolonged hypotension ... #causes #Acute ... #Diagnosis #nephrology
Guide to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)

What to ask/look for: 
 - HPI, PMH, full ROS
Guide to Acute Kidney ... - Recent hypo/hypertension ... #Nephrology #Diagnosis ... #Algorithm #Causes ... #Differential
Causes of Generalized Edema - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Overfill (Increased renal sodium retention, Urine Na > 40meq/L)
• NSAlDs • AKI ... Pressure • Right heart ... failure • Constrictive ... pericarditis • Portal hypertension ... • Sepsis • Acute
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
Workup and Differential ... or papilledema, heart ... failure, neurologic ... most pts have HTN ... #Workup #causes