Dr. Jorge Cortés @jcortesizaguirr
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Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
signs of end-organ ... renal bruit or signs ... Hypercalcemia, Cushing's syndrome ... White-coat syndrome ... Guillain-Barre Syndrome
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
post-sarcoidosis fatigue syndrome ... Specific sarcoidosis syndromes ... symptoms) • Löfgren syndrome ... • Heerfordt syndrome ... Diagnosis #Management #Signs
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
More Specific Signs ... Less Specific Signs ... ascites, cool and ... Chest x-ray: signs ... acute HF → no signs
#PulmonaryRenal
#pulmonary and #renal #syndrome
PulmonaryRenal #pulmonary and ... #renal #syndrome
ANA (Antinuclear Antibody) and ANCA (Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies)
 • Systemic lupus erythematosus
   1. Anti-dsDNA
ANA (Antinuclear ... Antibody) and ANCA ... cases • Sjögren syndrome ... • Polymyositis and ... Jcortesizaguirr #ANA
Ascites - Diagnostic Approach and Differential Diagnosis
The most common causes: cirrhosis, malignancy and heart failure. Approx
Diagnostic Approach and ... cirrhosis, malignancy and ... dullness, puddle sign ... incisional). 3) Signs ... smear/culture/ADA
Cushing's Syndrome - Hypercortisolism - Diagnosis and Clinical Features
1) Skin
 • Thin, easily bruisable skin with
Cushing's Syndrome ... abdominal striae) and ... the skin due to an ... #Cushings #Syndrome ... Hypercortisolism #Diagnosis #signs
Chagas Disease - American Trypanosomiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis) is an infectious
trypanosomiasis) is an ... Romana's sign ... Indeterminate form (No signs ... Megaesophagus and ... 1) Thin and
Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Clinical features - Classic triad (flank pain, hematuria,
RCC) - Diagnosis and ... pain, hematuria, and ... Budd Chiari syndrome ... with bone pain and ... Hb levels and CBC
Causes of Encephalopathy - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hyperacute:
 - Primary Neurologic: Vascular (IS, ICH), Seizure, Migraine, Trauma
paraneoplastic syndromes