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Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis and Screening Testing
Common causes: 
 • Renal parenchymal disease
- Differential Diagnosis ... - Renal ultrasound ... Duplex Doppler ultrasound ... ; MRA; abdominal ... abdomen/pelvis • Cushing
POCUS Stewardship
Right Indication - Right Interpretation -Right Integration
Indication → Pre-test Probability → Spectrum of Disease →
→ Spectrum of Disease ... Ratio Step 1: Clinical ... Step 3: Spectrum ... #ultrasound #management ... #diagnosis
Cold Urticaria
Prevalence - 0.05% in the population
Disease onset - Mostly 2nd to 4th decades of life
Causes
decades of life Causes ... and clinical associations ... 3. ... , abdominal pain ... Cold #Urticaria #diagnosis
Cushing's Syndrome - Hypercortisolism - Diagnosis and Clinical Features
1) Skin
 • Thin, easily bruisable skin with
Hypercortisolism - Diagnosis ... and Clinical Features ... classically purple abdominal ... , oral cavity) Caused ... dexamethasone suppression test
Intraabdominal Abscess on POCUS

RUSH exam for fever, hypotension, abd pain.  You notice this in RUQ.
notice this in RUQ ... Diagnosis? ... Answer: Large intra-abdominal ... hx of Crohn's disease ... #ultrasound #clinical
USMLE Epidemiology and Biostatistics Summary
Meta-Analysis: pools data from several studies (greater power), limited by quality/bias of
individual studies Clinical ... , describe clinical ... 68%) – 2 (95%) – 3 ... how related two values ... #calculations #diagnosis
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
and Differential Diagnosis ... previously stable values ... 109 mm Hg) with clinical ... Hypercalcemia, Cushing's ... Renal parenchymal disease
Live Ectopic Pregnancy on Transvaginal POCUS

Young female patient, severe abdominal pain. +preg test. Pelvic exam followed
patient, severe abdominal ... +preg test. ... (see below for diagnosis ... at the bedside #3 ... #POCUS #clinical
Ruptured Ovarian Cyst on Pelvic Ultrasound

22 year old female w/ acute onset RLQ pain & TTP
w/ acute onset RLQ ... Urine pregnancy test ... though (just in case ... Transabdominal #clinical ... gynecology #obgyn #POCUS
Baker's Cyst on POCUS
Looking for DVT. 3 point compression US negative. But saw this in the
POCUS Looking for ... DVT. 3 point compression ... incidentally 3) ... for a definitive diagnosis ... #POCUS #clinical