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Hypertension and Altered Mental Status (AMS) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Hypertension:
 • Hypertensive emergency
 • Hypertensive encephalopathy
Pre-Eclampsia Renal ... : • Acute GN ... renal failure ... • Renal artery ... • Scleroderma renal
Evaluation of Secondary Hypertension
 • Primary aldosteronism - PRA, PAC
 • Renal artery stenosis - Renal
Evaluation of Secondary Hypertension ... - PRA, PAC • Renal ... artery stenosis - Renal ... fT4 • Cushing syndrome ... resistant #Evaluation #workup
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
- Workup and Differential ... eg, presence of renal ... • Vascular: Renal ... Vasculitis • Endocrinologic ... Renal parenchymal
Primary and Secondary Causes of Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Primary (Essential) (95%) - Onset between age
taken at home, work ... Medications - Renal ... • Renal parenchymal ... and bilateral renal ... excess (Cushing syndrome
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
urinary sediment, renal ... HIV serology, renal ... eosinophiluria, renal ... protein-electrophoresis, renal ... markers • Cardio-renal
Cardiorenal Syndrome (CRS) Types
 • Type 1 - Acute CRS: Alteration of renal perfusion is the
Alteration of renal ... - Chronic CRS: Renal ... considered drug induced renal ... and VAD induced renal ... - Chronic RCS: Hypertension
Causes of Generalized Edema - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Overfill (Increased renal sodium retention, Urine Na > 40meq/L)
Overfill (Increased renal ... • Nephrotic Syndrome ... pericarditis • Portal hypertension ... • Nephrotic syndrome ... • Sepsis • Acute
Diuretics and Agents Regulating Renal Excretion

Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors (Acetazolamide, Dichlorphenamide)
 • Glaucoma
 • Epilepsy
 • Altitude
Agents Regulating Renal ... Torsemide) • Acute ... Inhibitors of Renal ... #Diuretics #Renal ... Diuresis #Nephrology #Pharmacology
Workup for Hypophosphatemia - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Rule out spurious hypophosphatemia: paraproteinemia, acute leukemia
Measure Urine Fractional Excretion
Workup for Hypophosphatemia ... paraproteinemia, acute ... Insulin/Glucose, Acute ... FEPO4 ≥ 5% - Renal ... Diagnosis #Framework #Workup
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Acute increase
at least 50% Renal ... • Hepatorenal syndromes ... Emboli Systemic Hypotension ... Ischemia (severe hypotension ... Sjögren) Post-Renal