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Anaphylaxis: Signs and Symptoms
Anaphylaxis: when any egg of three conditions is met:
1. Acute onset of skin/mucosal
compromise • hypotension ... • hypotension ... Hypotension after ... the acute phase does ... #Anaphylaxis #pathophysiology
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
- Workup and Differential ... evaluation should be done ... use of adequate doses ... (blood pressure ... Workup #causes #Differential
13 Dangerous Causes of Headache:
 - subarachnoid hemorrhage: family history, PCKD, known berry aneurysm, sudden and
consciousness, hypertension ... increased intracranial pressure ... shoulder girdle symptoms ... neurologic signs/symptoms ... Dangerous #Deadly #Differential
Management of Serotonin Syndrome
Identify and stop all serotoninergic medications
 • Avoid inadvertent Rx of serotoninergic meds
dation. pralysis • Pressor ... support for hypotension ... : 12mg loading dose ... then 2 mg q2h if symptoms
Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
- Differential ... Diagnosis and Pathophysiology ... PP and systolic hypertension ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #Pathophysiology
Uncommon Causes of Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema (NCPE) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

High Altitude Pulmonary Edema:
 • Accumulation
Edema (NCPE) - Differential ... of left atrial hypertension ... airway secretions, hypotension ... : Tachycardia, hypertension ... edema #causes #differential
Postpartum Hemorrhage - Differential Diagnosis and Management 
Uterine Atony (80%) - Most PPH Will respond to
Postpartum Hemorrhage - Differential ... contraindicated in hypertension ... of conception - Does ... abdominal hand, push ... cervix • Direct pressure
Drug-Induced Hypertension - Common Medications 

Corticosteroids (prednisone) 
Sympathomimetics (amphetamine, pseudoephedrine)
SNRl's (duloxetine, venlafaxine) 
Calcineurin Inhibitors (tacrolimus, cyclosporine)
Drug-Induced Hypertension ... patients risk of hypertension ... increase blood pressure ... This does NOT mean ... #Medications #Differential
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
/Hypertensive emergency ... Etiology: • Pathophysiology ... Neurological symptoms ... Reversible course Differential ... the diastolic pressure
Acute Otitis Media: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings (in Children)
Upper Respiratory Tract Infection: 
 - Bacterial: Streptococcus
mucosa of the nose ... creating negative pressure ... => Negative pressure ... #OtitisMedia #pathophysiology ... #diagnosis #symptoms