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Pulmonary Hypertension Group Classification
#Diagnosis #Management #Pulmonary #Hypertension #PHTN #Group #Classification #Curbsiders
Pulmonary Hypertension ... Classification #Diagnosis ... #Management #Pulmonary ... #Hypertension # ... PHTN #Group #Classification
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
Gestational Hypertension & Preeclampsia

Gestational Hypertension (gHTN) 
• BP > 140/90 
• Onset > 20 wks gestation
Gestational Hypertension ... (gHTN) • BP > ... Elevated AST/ALT • Pulmonary ... edema • Cerebral/visual ... Classification #Diagnosis
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
Approach to Possible Hypertensive Emergency

criteria required to diagnose hypertensive emergency
(1) Severe hypertension
 - Usually a MAP
criteria required to diagnose ... - Pulmonary edema ... encephalopathy (visual ... proteinuria, or chronic renal ... #Emergency #Diagnosis
Clinical Classification of Pulmonary Hypertension

1. Pulmonary arterial hypertension from pulmonary vasculopathy
Idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension
Heritable gene mutations
Pulmonary hypertension ... Pulmonary hypertension ... mediastinitis, chronic renal ... PHTN #Classification ... #Diagnosis #Differential
Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy
Chronic Hypertension:
 • Guidelines as SBP ≥130 or DBP ≥ 90 mmHg
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Diagnosed before ... • First diagnosed ... severe RUQ pain, renal ... doubling of Cr), pulmonary ... edema, cerebral or visual
Systemic Sclerosis Associated Autoantibodies
Anti-topoisomerase I (anti-Sc170): Diffuse skin disease, Pulmonary fibrosis
Anti-centromere: Limited skin disease (~93-95%), Pulmonary
skin disease, Pulmonary ... hypertension, Digital ... III: Diffuse, Renal ... Autoantibodies #diagnosis ... #rheumatology
Pulmonary Hypertension Groups - WHO Classification
Group I - Vascular remodeling of pulmonary arteries
 • Idiopathic, HIV,
Pulmonary Hypertension ... tumors, chronic renal ... limitation of usual ... PHTN #Groups #WHO ... Classification #diagnosis
Systemic Sclerosis (Scleroderma)
Multi-system autoimmune disease characterized by vasculopathy and progressive fibrosis of skin and internal organs
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arterial HTN) ... • Renal: scleroderma ... renal crisis (SRC ... Scleroderma #SSc #rheumatology ... #diagnosis #signs