Chronic hypertension differential diagnosis

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Complete List of Differential Diagnoses

• Acromegaly
• Acute Renal Failure
• After kidney transplantation
• Alcohol withdrawal
• Analgesic nephritis
• Aneurysm
• Anxiety
• Aortic isthmus stenosis
• Aortic Regurgitation
• Arteriosclerosis
• Arteriovenous fistula
• Arteritis
• Burns
• Bartter's Syndrome
• Carcinoid Syndrome
• Chronic Renal Disease
• Coarctation of aorta
• Cocaine use
• Compression tumor
• Congenital adrenal hyperplasia
• Conn's Syndrome
• Cushing's Syndrome
• Diabetic nephropathy
• Dialysis
• Dissection of the aorta
• Dissection of the renal arteries
• Drugs
• Eclampsia
• Elevated intracranial pressure
• Embolism or thrombosis of the renal artery
• Endothelin producing tumor
• Fibromuscular hyperplasia
• Gestational hypertension
• Guillain-Barre Syndrome
• Gitelman's Syndrome
• Hydronephrosis
• Hyperthyroidism
• Hyperventilation
• Hypoglycemia
• Interstitial nephritis
• Kidney involvement in systemic diseases
• Liddle's Syndrome
• Meningitis
• Obesity
• Pain
• Pancreatitis
• Patent ductus arteriosus
• Perioperative
• Perirenal hematoma
• Pheochromocytoma
• Polycystic kidney disease
• Polycythemia
• Polyradiculitis
• Porphyria
• Post-exercise
• Preeclampsia
• Pregnancy-induced hypertension
• Primary hyperaldosteronism
• Primary hyperparathyroidism
• Quadriplegia
• Reflux nephropathy
• Renal Artery Stenosis
• Renin producing tumors
• Retroperitoneal Fibrosis
• Sleep Apnea
• Stress
• Third degree AV block
• Thrombosis
• Transfusion of large blood volumes
• Trauma to the renal artery
• Traumatic brain injury
• "White coat" hypertension