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Pulmonary Hypertension Group Classification
#Diagnosis #Management #Pulmonary #Hypertension #PHTN #Group #Classification #Curbsiders
Pulmonary Hypertension ... Group Classification ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Pulmonary #Hypertension ... #PHTN #Group #Classification
Clinical Classification of Pulmonary Hypertension

1. Pulmonary arterial hypertension from pulmonary vasculopathy
Idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension
Heritable gene mutations
Clinical Classification ... of Pulmonary Hypertension ... mediastinitis, chronic renal ... PHTN #Classification ... #Diagnosis #Differential
Pulmonary Hypertension - Treatment, ICU Management and Monitoring

#PHTN #Pulmonary #Hypertension #Treatment #Management #Monitoring #Diagnosis
Pulmonary Hypertension ... Treatment, ICU Management ... Monitoring #PHTN ... #Pulmonary #Hypertension ... #Monitoring #Diagnosis
Secondary Causes of Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hypertension - BP > 140/90 (>130/80 for DM)
Hypertensive urgency
Consider secondary HTN ... multi-drug resistance) Renal ... Parenchymal Diseases ... #HTN #Secondary ... #Nephrology #Differential
Algorithm for Diagnosis and Management of Pulmonary Hypertension

Matthew Ho, MD PhD @MatthewHoMD

#Pulmonary #Hypertension #PHTN #Algorithm #Diagnosis
Algorithm for Diagnosis ... and Management ... of Pulmonary Hypertension ... PHTN #Algorithm ... #Diagnosis #Management
Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy
Chronic Hypertension:
 • Guidelines as SBP ≥130 or DBP ≥ 90 mmHg
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unless severe HTN ... unless severe HTN ... severe RUQ pain, renal ... doubling of Cr), pulmonary ... #htn #obstetrics
Pulmonary Hypertension Groups - WHO Classification
Group I - Vascular remodeling of pulmonary arteries
 • Idiopathic, HIV,
Pulmonary Hypertension ... tumors, chronic renal ... #Hypertension # ... PHTN #Groups #WHO ... #diagnosis
Intrinsic Renal Disease - Differential Diagnosis
Vascular:
 • Macrovascular: Renal artery occlusion, Fibromuscular disease
 • Microvascular: TTP/HUS,
Intrinsic Renal ... Diagnosis Vascular ... Athero-embolic, HTN ... #Disease #nephrology ... #differential #diagnosis
Gestational Hypertension & Preeclampsia

Gestational Hypertension (gHTN) 
• BP > 140/90 
• Onset > 20 wks gestation
(gHTN) • BP > ... Preeclampsia = gHTN ... Elevated AST/ALT • Pulmonary ... #Preeclampsia #Classification ... #Diagnosis #Criteria
Primary and Secondary Causes of Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Primary (Essential) (95%) - Onset between age
- Differential Diagnosis ... disease - CKD, ... and bilateral renal ... Primary #Secondary #HTN ... #Differential #Diagnosis