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Adrenal Insufficiency Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Clinical suspicion: Weakness, fatigue, nausea, musculoskeletal pain, dizziness, volume depletion, abdominal pain,
Weakness, fatigue, nausea ... hyponatremia, hyperkalemia ... ACTH) stimulation test ... baseline ACTH - Primary ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #endocrinology
Adrenal Insufficiency - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Primary Adrenal Insufficiency:
Most Common Cause in the US: Autoimmune Adrenalitis
Other
Diagnosis and Management ... Summary Primary ... Hyperkalemia is ... A STIM test can ... #Endocrinology
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
Proven age of onset before ... Vasculitis • Endocrinologic ... Hypothyroidism, Primary ... Hyperthyroidism, Hypercalcemia ... #Differential #
Efforts to standardize the approach to trauma have led to an algorithmic, thoughtless approach to trauma
fantastically useful test ... witnessed many cases ... resuscitation and the primary ... #Management #Trauma ... #BigTrauma #BeforeCT
Acromegaly - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook 

Clinical Presentation: 
 • Classic Acromegaly: frontal
excess occurs before ... Differential Diagnosis ... glucose suppression test ... or refractory cases ... #Endocrinology
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
exclude other causes ... Differential Diagnosis ... infarction • Stress ... factors + oxidative stress ... waiting ~6 months before