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Cushing Syndrome Testing Algorithm
INDICATIONS FOR TESTING:
 • Suspected Cushing syndrome (central obesity, muscle weakness, refractory hypertension)
Testing:
dexamethasone suppression test ... Hormone • MRI of adrenal ... #diagnosis #algorithm ... #endocrinology ... #Adrenal #Hyperfunction
Pulmonary Renal Syndrome

Definition: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + Glomerulonephritis
Presentation (Pulmonary and renal manifestations can occur weeks apart):
Syndrome Definition ... Differential Diagnosis ... Disease-specific testing ... , biopsy By Tess ... #diagnosis #nephrology
Adrenal Insufficiency - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Primary Adrenal Insufficiency:
Most Common Cause in the US: Autoimmune Adrenalitis
Other
Management Summary ... hypophysitis, Sheehan's syndrome ... A STIM test can ... ACTH STIM TEST: ... #Management #Endocrinology
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
Immunosuppressive agents, Renal ... factor PRES Diagnosis ... thrombosis Testing ... #diagnosis #management ... #neurology
Staphylococcus-associated GlomeruloNephritis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
CLINICAL
 • Nephritic syndrome (Casts)
 • Marked proteinuria (may be
and Management ... • Nephritic syndrome ... • No serologic tests ... GlomeruloNephritis #nephrology ... #diagnosis #management
Acromegaly - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook 

Clinical Presentation: 
 • Classic Acromegaly: frontal
and Management ... Beckwith Wiedemann syndrome ... glucose suppression test ... • Pituitary testing ... #Management #Endocrinology
Gitelman Syndrome Overview

What?
• Inherited (AR) hypokalemic salt-losing tubulopathies affecting the thiazide-sensitive sodium chloride cotransporter
• Gitelman's syndrome
• Hypokalemia (renal ... potassium wasting ... , Renal tubular ... #diagnosis #nephrology ... #management #pathophysiology