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Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis and Screening Testing
Common causes: 
 • Renal parenchymal disease
Hypertension - Differential ... disease - Renal ultrasound ... Duplex Doppler ultrasound ... ; MRA; abdominal ... selective renal intra-arterial
Chronic Diarrhea - Workup
Osmotic:
 • Consider food diary and trial avoiding certain foods or meds, Consider
food diary and trial ... hydrogen breath test ... colonoscopy), Abdominal ... imaging (CT, ultrasound ... Workup #diagnosis #differential
AAA is defined as a localized balloon-like dilatation of the abdominal aorta greater than 3cm. Risk
dilatation of the abdominal ... The classic triad ... study.Sukh Singh, MD ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #Ultrasound #AAA
Large Mobile Left Atrial Thrombus on Transesophageal Echocardiogram

Female, 78 yo. HT & DM2. Admitted for severe
Large Mobile Left Atrial ... HT & DM2. ... Admitted for severe abdominal ... Transesophageal #Ultrasound ... #Cardiology #Clinical
Acromegaly - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook 

Clinical Presentation: 
 • Classic Acromegaly: frontal
decade → peripheral/acral ... Insulin resist + DM ... peripheral (bronchial/abdominal ... Differential Diagnosis ... glucose suppression test
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
Insulin dependent DM ... determine if stress test ... one post op Cardiology ... undergoing AAA or upper abdominal ... CARP, DECREASE V trials