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Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis and Screening Testing
Common causes: 
 • Renal parenchymal disease
- Differential Diagnosis ... disease - Renal ... of renal disease ... ultrasound; MRA; abdominal ... • Cushing’s syndrome
Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Clinical features - Classic triad (flank pain, hematuria,
(RCC) - Diagnosis ... and Management ... and a palpable abdominal ... Budd Chiari syndrome ... initial test: abdominal
Diffuse Acute Abdominal Pain (<72 hours) - Differential Diagnostic Algorithm
Look for surgical abdomen
Upper quadrant: R/O cardiac,
- Differential Diagnostic ... cardiac, pulmonary, renal ... musculoskeletal causes ... genitourinary causes ... Irritable bowel syndrome
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury ( AKI ) - Prerenal, Renal, and Postrenal

PRE-RENAL 
Impaired perfusion: 
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Causes of Acute ... • Inflammatory disease ... Urethral stricture/valves ... /phimosis #Diagnosis ... GrepMed Recommended Text
Whipple Disease (Tropheryma whipplei) - Diagnosis and Management 

Caused by: Tropheryma whipplei

Symptoms and Signs:
1. Migratory poly/oligoarthralgia
Whipple Disease ... and Management ... Caused by: Tropheryma ... Abdominal pain; ... #management #criteria
Primary and Secondary Causes of Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Primary (Essential) (95%) - Onset between age
and Secondary Causes ... - Differential Diagnosis ... excess (Cushing syndrome ... Secondary #HTN #Cardiology ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Primary Adrenal Insufficiency
Addison's Disease - Damage of the adrenal glands with lack of cortisol, androgens and
aldosterone Causes ... Lung cancer • Renal ... /vomiting • Abdominal ... Serum DHEAS Diagnosis ... endocrinology #diagnosis
Adrenal Insufficiency - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Primary Adrenal Insufficiency:
Most Common Cause in the US: Autoimmune Adrenalitis
Other
and Management ... or metastatic disease ... ) w/ anorexia, abdominal ... hypophysitis, Sheehan's syndrome ... A STIM test can
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus - Summary
Antinuclear (ANA) - 95% - Initial screening test
Anti-dsDNA - 50%
 • Associated
Initial screening test ... & renal involvement ... block • Sjogren syndrome ... #SLE #Summary #diagnosis ... #rheumatology #management
Pruritus - Generalized Differential Diagnosis Algorithm - Systemic and Primary Causes
== Primary Skin Lesions ==
Macules /
Generalized Differential Diagnosis ... Systemic and Primary Causes ... Liver Function Tests ... BUN: • Chronic renal ... Myelodisplastic syndrome