Diagnosaurus
Hypertension
DDx
- Essential hypertension
- "White-coat" hypertension
- Cuff too small
Secondary hypertension
- Adrenal
- Primary hyperaldosteronism
- Cushing's syndrome (or steroid therapy)
- Pheochromocytoma
- Renal
- Chronic renal disease
- Renal artery stenosis (atherosclerotic or fibromuscular dysplasia)
- Polyarteritis nodosa
- Other
- Oral contraceptives
- Alcohol
- NSAIDs
- Pregnancy-associated
- Hypercalcemia
- Hyperthyroidism
- Obstructive sleep apnea
- Obesity
- Coarctation of the aorta
- Acromegaly
- Increased intracranial pressure
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Last updated: December 1, 2014
Citation
Zeiger, Roni F.. "Hypertension." Diagnosaurus, 4th ed., McGraw-Hill Education, 2014. Emergency Central, emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114689/all/Hypertension.
Zeiger RFR. Hypertension. Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2014. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114689/all/Hypertension. Accessed April 21, 2025.
Zeiger, R. F. (2014). Hypertension. In Diagnosaurus (4th ed.). McGraw-Hill Education. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114689/all/Hypertension
Zeiger RFR. Hypertension [Internet]. In: Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2014. [cited 2025 April 21]. Available from: https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114689/all/Hypertension.
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