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Approach to Possible Hypertensive Emergency

criteria required to diagnose hypertensive emergency
(1) Severe hypertension
 - Usually a MAP
Approach to Possible Hypertensive ... Hypertensive emergency ... Myocardial ischemia (type-II ... where this is unclear ... Emergency #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Outpatient Hypertension Management Algorithm
Monotherapy: 
 • Thiazide/thiazide-like 
 • ACE-I (non-black patients), 
 • ARB
Outpatient Hypertension ... Management Algorithm ... ARB + Diuretic Hypertensive ... Stoke* • Aortic Dissection ... #Management #Algorithm
Type B Aortic Dissection Flap on POCUS Echocardiogram - PLAX

Elderly male with hypertension and DM presents
Type B Aortic Dissection ... Elderly male with hypertension ... patient had a type ... B dissection. ... #Aortic #Dissection
Middle age male with hx of seizures presents with cp. comfortable. Has sz in ED, gets
gets clammy and hypotensive ... Type A Dissection ... #PLAX #Aortic #Dissection ... #TypeA
Myocardial infarction:
Classified into 5 types based on etiology and circumstances:

Type 1: Spontaneous MI caused by ischemia
Classified into 5 types ... circumstances: Type ... fissuring; coronary dissection ... Type 2: Ischemia ... oxygen demand (eg, hypertension
Approach to Headaches - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Red flags (PHANTOMS):
 • Pattern change, progressively worse, papilledema
 •
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Stroke, carotid dissection ... Hemorrhage • Hypertensive ... Benign intracranial hypertension ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Causes of Headache - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Primary: Tension, Migraine, Cluster
Extracranial: Medications, Sinusitis, TMJ disorder, Cervicogenic, Glaucoma,
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... arteritis Vascular: Hypertension ... Venous trrombosis, Dissection ... Diagnosis #Causes #algorithm
Malignant Adrenal Mass - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Suggestive of Malignancy: Inhomogenous Density, Delay in CT Contrast Washout
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... minutes), Irregular Shape ... Aldosterone Excess Hypertension ... Pheochromocytoma (Paroxysmal Hypertension ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiovascular Causes:
 - Outflow Obstruction
     • Aortic
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Aortic Dissection ... • Pulmonary Hypertension ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Clinical Classification of Pulmonary Hypertension

1. Pulmonary arterial hypertension from pulmonary vasculopathy
Idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension
Heritable gene mutations
Pulmonary arterial hypertension ... protein receptor type ... activin A receptor type ... Pulmonary hypertension ... with unclear multifactorial