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Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis and Screening Testing
Common causes: 
 • Renal parenchymal disease
Hypertension - Differential ... disease - Renal ... of renal disease ... #Hypertension #Differential ... Screening #Workup #table
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
Differential diagnosis ... lung disease comes ... low attenuation (table ... appreciate on a cest ... #Diagnosis #Radiology
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury ( AKI ) - Prerenal, Renal, and Postrenal

PRE-RENAL 
Impaired perfusion: 
•
Causes of Acute ... hypotension Interstitial ... • Inflammatory disease ... Urinary calculi ... Postrenal #Failure #Differential
Pulmonary Renal Syndrome

Definition: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + Glomerulonephritis
Presentation (Pulmonary and renal manifestations can occur weeks apart):
Hemoptysis, Peripheral edema ... symptomatology Differential ... , anti-CCP • CXR ... , biopsy By Tess ... #Syndrome #differential
Radiographic appearances of pulmonary diseases in HIV/AIDS Patients
 • Diffuse Interstitial Infiltrates: Pneumocystis jirovecii, M.tuberculosis, Histoplasma
Patients • Diffuse Interstitial ... toxicity, Pulmonary edema ... Lymphoma (NHL, primary ... #differential # ... diagnosis #chestCT #radiology
Guide to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)

What to ask/look for: 
 - HPI, PMH, full ROS
AKI) What to ask ... Cl/urea/protein/Cr ... disease — 21% ... ) - Urinary tract ... #Differential
Upper Lobe Lung Diseases - STAR CHASERS Mnemonic

S - Silicosis
T - Tuberculosis
A - Ankylosing Spondylitis
R -
toxic substances primarily ... • ↑ Mechanical stress ... pulmonary apices caused ... #differential # ... #STARCHASERS #radiology
Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema - Differential Diagnosis Framework

NCPE Pathophysiology:
Noncardiogenic pulmonary edema occurs because of excessive pulmonary capillary
- Differential ... Causes include: ... acute cardiac disease ... ischemic changes CXR ... #NCPE #differential
Pulmonary Infections in HIV-AIDS
Bacterial: 
 • No organism identified, Strep pneumoniae, H. influenzae, S.aureus, Streptococcus Grp
organism identified, Strep ... embolism, Pulm edema ... , Lung cancer, Primary ... Lymphocytic or lymphoid interstitial ... Infectious Diseases
Imaging Modalities for Renal Calculus

AXR. KUB
 - Good far calcium-containing stones useful when limited radiation dose
Calculus AXR ... obstruction - Able ... retroperitoneal disease ... lower and upper urinary ... stones #calculus #Radiology