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Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
Malignant or accelerated ... 109 mm Hg) with clinical ... Causes: • Vascular ... Coarctation of aorta ... Differential #Diagnosis #indications
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
with CTD, drugs, malignancy ... Organizing Pneumonia - Clinical ... other processes Workup ... : ANA, RF, CCP, ... ILD #diagnosis #management
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
Change in clinical ... risk (>5%): - Aortic ... - Peripheral vascular ... and undergoing AAA ... medical and surgical management
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
) Suspect: Clinical ... Infections • Malignancy ... lymphoproliferative syndrome Clinical ... rule in SLE Malignancy ... activation and/or medications
Esophageal Necrosis
Etiology:
 - Ischemia and Gastric Outlet Obstruction with GERD may be inciting events
 - Associated
DKA, Underlying malignancy ... acidosis, and Aortic ... event (low flow vascular ... restored to esophagus Clinical ... Necrosis #diagnosis #management