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Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis and Screening Testing
Common causes: 
 • Renal parenchymal disease
Causes of Secondary ... Hypertension - Differential ... aldosteronism • Acromegaly ... #Secondary # ... Screening #Workup #table
Acromegaly - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook 

Clinical Presentation: 
 • Classic Acromegaly: frontal
and Management ... occurs secondary ... Differential Diagnosis ... pachydermoperiostosis, drugs ... or refractory cases
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
Causes of Secondary ... Hypertension - Workup and Differential ... with previously stable ... Cushing's syndrome, Acromegaly ... #Differential #
Pharmaceutical agents other than olmesartan have been reported to cause villous atrophy on occasion and are
on occasion and are ... listed in Table ... of drug-induced ... #Pharmacology #Drugs ... #Medications #Differential
Age Distribution of Hypertension Etiologies
< 1 month
 - Renal arterial thrombosis
 - Congenital renal disease
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hypertension (drugs ... #Hypertension #Causes ... #Secondary #diagnosis ... #differential # ... #peds
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
exclude other causes ... Differential Diagnosis ... pregnancy, maternal age ... Delivery • Stable ... teratogenic GDMT meds
Erythemas Summarized
Erythema ab igne
 • A dermatosis that results from repeated exposure to heat (fires, heating
fires, heating pads ... • Causes are multiple ... malignancies, and drugs ... Erythemas #comparison #table ... #differential #
Myasthenia Gravis Overview

Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune disorder of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction.  Ab to
Epidemiology: - Bimodal age ... life-threatening Differential ... precipitated by: Drugs ... immunosuppressants - Meds ... Gravis #diagnosis #management
For my UME micro course, I made a figure that captures this terminology and lets learners
contrast important drug ... common beta lactam drugs ... #antibiogram #pharmacology ... #management #spectrum ... #table #sensitivities
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
the determined cause ... #diagnosis #differential ... #algorithm #management ... cardiology #treatment #table ... icu #clinical #pharmacology