Medical Mnemonics: Secondary Causes of Hypertension
Medical Mnemonics – Secondary Causes of Hypertension
It’s Medical Mnemonics Monday! Today’s focus is on the secondary causes of hypertension.
Following up on the secondary causes of hypertension blog post from last week, we focus on a medical mnemonic for the same. Secondary causes of hypertension can be remembered by the mnemonic “CHAPS”
- C = Cushing’s Syndrome
- H = Hyperaldosteronism (aka Conn’s syndrome)
- A = Aorta coarctation
- P = Phaeochromocytoma
- S = Stenosis of renal arteries
