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Secondary Causes of Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hypertension - BP > 140/90 (>130/80 for DM)
Hypertensive urgency
based on repeat clinic ... multi-drug resistance) Renal ... Nephritic syndrome • AKI ... • Bilateral RAS ... • Unilateral RAS
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Acute increase
- Differential Diagnosis ... Emboli Systemic Hypotension ... • Shock Acute ... Ischemia (severe hypotension ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Shock Overview
A state of tissue hypoxia due to decreased or dysregulated oxygen delivery or extraction, resulting
the setting of hypotension ... death Common Clinical ... • Other: AI, ... Classification #diagnosis ... #differential #causes
Shock Overview
A state of tissue hypoxia due to decreased or dysregulated oxygen delivery or extraction, resulting
the setting of hypotension ... death Common Clinical ... • Other: AI, ... Classification #diagnosis ... #differential #causes
Lichen Planus- ...On examination, numerous purple papules were noted on the anterior surface of the forearms
sawtooth rete pegs ... confirming the diagnosis ... Although the cause ... #NEJM #clinical ... planus #derm #wickhams
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
Infection/Sepsis/Shock ... Immunosuppressive agents, Renal ... the underlying cause ... Seizures: Treat with AEDs ... until cause identified
Capnocytophaga
GNR with long fusiform shape.  Fastidious facultative anaerobe that grows slowly and needs enriched agar
C.
= most common cause ... cats) Classic clinical ... scenario: septic shock ... with fever, rash ... , hypotension, renal