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Adrenal Incidentalomas: Hormone Evaluation
 • Zona Glomerulosa: Primary Hyperaldosteronism?
    - Aldosterone and renin
Zona Glomerulosa: Primary ... Zona Fasciculata: Cushing ... Syndrome? ... Evaluation #Diagnosis #workup ... #endocrinology
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Workup Algorithm ... osmolarity If cause ... investigations depending on clinical ... context and signs ... , inflammatory markers
Secondary causes of Hypertension
 • Medications, Drugs, Chemo: NSAIDS, Steroids, CNI, Alcohol, Cocaine, OCP, Licorice, MAOI,
Anti VEGF agents, TKI ... Renal Disease ... Renovascular • Primary ... Renin producing tumor ... : Cushing's Syndrome
Adrenal Insufficiency - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Primary Adrenal Insufficiency:
Most Common Cause in the US: Autoimmune Adrenalitis
Other
In secondary AI ... including: pituitary tumor ... diagnostic of AI ... least 18 excludes AI ... diagnostic of AI
Primary Adrenal Insufficiency
Addison's Disease - Damage of the adrenal glands with lack of cortisol, androgens and
Primary Adrenal ... aldosterone Causes ... AI present - ... AI present - ... addisons #disease #endocrinology
Causes of Adrenal Insufficiency - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
ACTH-Dependent (Secondary):
 • Pituitary Dysfunction
 • Hypothalamic Dysfunction
ACTH-Independent (Primary):
Causes of Adrenal ... ACTH-Independent (Primary ... Polyglandular Autoimmune Syndrome ... Insufficiency #AI ... #endocrinology
Infectious Causes of Adrenal Insufficiency
Anatomical distribution of vessels to the adrenal makes the gland prone to
makes the gland ... risk for either primary ... Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome ... #AI #differential ... #diagnosis #endocrinology
Cushing's Syndrome - Hypercortisolism - Diagnosis and Clinical Features
1) Skin
 • Thin, easily bruisable skin with
Cushing's Syndrome ... Diagnosis and Clinical ... skin with stretch marks ... #Diagnosis #signs ... #symptoms #endocrinology
Short Stature - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Normal Variant, Normal Puberty Onset (BA = CA)
 • Familial Short
Deprivation • Primary ... Endrocrine • Cushing's ... • Congenital Adrenal ... Nervosa • CNS Tumors ... #causes #pediatrics
Primary and Secondary Causes of Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Primary (Essential) (95%) - Onset between age
Causes of Hypertension ... taken at home, work ... disease - CKD, AKI ... Glucocorticoid excess (Cushing ... syndrome or disease