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Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis and Screening Testing
Common causes: 
 • Renal parenchymal disease
and Screening Testing ... • Cushing’s syndrome ... • Congenital adrenal ... Mineralocorticoid excess syndromes ... #Screening #Workup
Hypomagnesemia - Etiologies by Mechanism

Decreased GI Uptake 
 - Poor dietary intake (particularly common in alcoholics)
Mg wasting syndromes ... - Gitelman syndrome ... - Hungry bones syndrome ... Magnesium #Table #Classification ... #Causes #Workup
Primary Adrenal Insufficiency:
 • ACTH stimulation test - Synthetic ACTH does not stimulate cortisol secretion because
ACTH stimulation test ... aldosterone - Low in cases ... laboratory #diagnosis #testing ... #endocrinology ... #workup
Acromegaly - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook 

Clinical Presentation: 
 • Classic Acromegaly: frontal
Beckwith Wiedemann syndrome ... Diagnosis and Workup ... glucose suppression test ... • Pituitary testing ... Diagnosis #Management #Endocrinology
Posterior Knee Dislocation Injury
Specifically, POSTERIOR KNEE DISLOCATIONS can have significant associated injury that needs unique approach
unique approach and workup ... DISLOCATION: ~25% cases ... nerve injury (25%) TEST ... ligament/meniscus testing ... WORK UP: obtain
Summary of Oncologic Emergencies

Neutropenic fever:
- Fever + ANC < 500 → start cefepime ± vancomycin (if
vancomycin (if SSTI or port ... full infectious work-up ... days → add fungal work-up ... Treat underlying cause ... , hypotension, renal