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Adrenal Incidentalomas: Hormone Evaluation
 • Zona Glomerulosa: Primary Hyperaldosteronism?
    - Aldosterone and renin
: Hormone Evaluation ... Fasciculata: Cushing Syndrome ... #Tumors #Hormone ... Evaluation #Diagnosis #workup ... #endocrinology
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Workup Algorithm ... investigations depending on clinical ... context and signs ... , inflammatory markers ... syndrome: troponin
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
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 ... Insufficiency #AI ... differential #diagnosis #endocrinology
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
Hypertension - Workup ... 109 mm Hg) with clinical ... of hormonal excess ... Vasculitis • Endocrinologic ... Hypothyroidism, Primary
Cushing's Syndrome - Hypercortisolism - Diagnosis and Clinical Features
1) Skin
 • Thin, easily bruisable skin with
Diagnosis and Clinical ... skin with stretch marks ... melanocyte stimulating hormone ... Hypercortisolism #Diagnosis #signs ... #symptoms #endocrinology