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Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis and Screening Testing
Common causes: 
 • Renal parenchymal disease
Hypertension - Differential ... Diagnosis and Screening ... ultrasound; MRA; abdominal ... #Diagnosis #Causes ... #Screening #Workup
Ascites - Diagnostic Approach and Differential Diagnosis
The most common causes: cirrhosis, malignancy and heart failure. Approx
most common causes ... more than one cause ... auscultatory percussion, abdominal ... 3) Optional tests ... Jcortesizaguirr #Ascites #workup
TTP - Laboratory Evaluation for Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura

Activity of von Willebrand factor-cleaving protease activity - A
activity - A low value ... If the value is ... low, tests to detect ... WBC count and differential ... #Workup #Hematology
Causes of Petechial Rash - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Pinpoint areas (less than 2 mm) of hemorrhage, which
Causes of Petechial ... Rash - Differential ... deficiency Work ... Fecal occult blood test ... Skin biopsy • Abdominal
Polycythemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Polycythemia itself isn’t a diagnosis. Like many things, it is a condition
Polycythemia - Differential ... an underlying cause ... that a one-off value ... Best to have an ... #workup #hematology
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
Lactic Acidosis - Differential ... to bolus these values ... / hypoxemia -> focus ... tests before beginning ... #Diagnosis #causes
Cardiac Arrest - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

The probable cause is one or more of: something
breathing system valves ... • If i.v. access ... CardiacArrest #Checklist #Differential ... Intraoperative #Checklist #Diagnosis ... #Management #Workup
Acromegaly - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook 

Clinical Presentation: 
 • Classic Acromegaly: frontal
peripheral (bronchial/abdominal ... Differential Diagnosis ... and Workup: • ... glucose suppression test ... or refractory cases
Pyogenic liver abscess in children
Common bacterial causes in children:
 • S.aureus
 • Strep spp
 • Enteric
Common bacterial causes ... from contiguous focus ... sources within abdominal ... children #peds #differential ... #diagnosis #hepatology