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Gestational Hypertension & Preeclampsia

Gestational Hypertension (gHTN) 
• BP > 140/90 
• Onset > 20 wks gestation
Gestational Hypertension ... Elevated AST/ALT • Pulmonary ... edema • Cerebral/visual ... Seizure HELLP Syndrome ... Classification #Diagnosis
Continuous B-cell depletion in frequently relapsing, steroid-dependent and steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome 

Clinical Kidney Journal, , sfy067,
steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome ... option in the management ... complicated nephrotic syndrome ... - Visual Abstract ... NephroticSyndrome #Nephrology
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) - Diagnosis
Clinical Features:
 • Altered mental status (Either lethargy, confusion, or
Encephalopathy Syndrome ... changes (acuity, visual ... Risk Factors: • Hypertensive ... Encephalopathy #Syndrome ... #Diagnosis #Neurology
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
mental status • Visual ... may precede the neurologic ... /Hypertensive emergency ... #diagnosis #management ... #neurology
Causes of Encephalopathy - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hyperacute:
 - Primary Neurologic: Vascular (IS, ICH), Seizure, Migraine, Trauma
- Differential Diagnosis ... - Systemic: Hypertensive ... Infectious (bacterial/viral ... paraneoplastic syndromes ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Connective tissue disease-associated interstitial lung diseases

LIP: lymphoid interstitial pneumonia. NSIP: nonspecific interstitial pneumonia. OP: organizing pneumonia.
I-JIP: usual interstitial ... PSS: Sjogren syndrome ... LungDisease #CTILD #Diagnosis ... Comparison #Table #Pulmonary ... #Rheumatology #
Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy
Chronic Hypertension:
 • Guidelines as SBP ≥130 or DBP ≥ 90 mmHg
 •
severe HTN • Diagnosed ... • First diagnosed ... doubling of Cr), pulmonary ... edema, cerebral or visual ... patients • HELLP: Syndrome
Pheochromocytoma - Diagnosis and Management Summary
10 percent rule = 10% of pheochromocytomas are extra-adrenal, multiple, bilateral,
Pheochromocytoma - Diagnosis ... and Management ... 1928-1977) -> 50% diagnosed ... and others —i visual ... may present with pulmonary
Renal involvement in 35% of mixed cryoglobulinemia vasculitis 
Associated with : 
 • Absence of skin
day - 49% • Hypertension ... min/1.73 m2 at diagnosis ... Cryoglobulinemia #Vasculitis #Management ... #Rheumatology # ... Cryoglobulinemic #Nephrology
Causes of Peripheral Weakness without Sensory Changes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
No Objective Weakness
 • Cardio-pulmonary disease
- Differential Diagnosis ... Weakness • Cardio-pulmonary ... Lambert-Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome ... Dermatomyositis • Viral ... Peripheral #Weakness #Neurology