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Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
previously stable values ... and signs of end-organ ... 109 mm Hg) with clinical ... renal bruit or signs ... Pregnancy-associated
13 Dangerous Causes of Headache:
 - subarachnoid hemorrhage: family history, PCKD, known berry aneurysm, sudden and
13 Dangerous Causes ... consciousness, hypertension ... thrombophilia, neurologic signs ... preeclampsia: late pregnancy ... Killers #Lethal #Fatal
Portal Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis
Portal Pressure = the pressure difference between the pressure in the portal
Portal Hypertension ... >10 mmHg - clinically ... significant portal HTN Signs ... obstruction) • Lack of signs ... Fatty liver of pregnancy
Non-Infective Endocarditis (NBTE / Marantic Endocarditis)
Non-infective endocarditis is also known as: Non-bacterial thrombotic endocarditis (NBTE), Aseptic
Non-Infective Endocarditis ... left-sided heart valves ... pathognomonic signs ... high index of clinical ... Marantic #diagnosis #pathophysiology
Trendelenburg Gait: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

Skeletal Pathology of the Hip
 • Arthritis
 • Congenital hip dysplasia
Pathogenesis and clinical ... vara • Coxa valga ... Trendelenburg #Gait #pathophysiology ... #causes #symptoms ... #signs #diagnosis
Uncommon Causes of Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema (NCPE) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

High Altitude Pulmonary Edema:
 • Accumulation
of left atrial hypertension ... weeks 8 and 18 of pregnancy ... • Signs/Symptoms ... • Signs/Symptoms ... - The classic signs
Clinical manifestations of anaphylaxis. 
Neurological (<15%): Dizziness, syncope, seizures, Confusion, impending doom. headache
Angioedema: Lips, tongue, orbit,
Clinical manifestations ... , hypovolemia, hypotension ... arrest GI (>40%): Nausea ... abdominal pain and fecal ... #anaphylaxis #signs
Cullen's sign. Lipase 1,781. Bruising in the skin around the umbilicus. This sign is named after
Cullen's sign. ... This sign is named ... Pathophysiology: ... The sign indicates ... necrosis, ectopic pregnancy
Chronic Hypertensive Retinopathy: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

Ophthalmic Artery Hypertension
Stage 1: Mild/vasoconstrictive
 • Acute and chronic vasospasm
Chronic Hypertensive ... Pathogenesis and clinical ... Ophthalmic Artery Hypertension ... #Retinopathy #pathophysiology ... ophthalmology #diagnosis #signs
Differentiating NBTE from Infective Endocarditis
No pathognomonic signs/symptoms or echo features that are specific to NBTE, and
pathognomonic signs ... high index of clinical ... Hypercoagulable states • Clinical ... left-sided heart valves ... in up to 30% of cases