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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
 • COPD Definition
 • Role of PFTs
 • COPD Classification and
Chronic Obstructive ... Group Assessment (ABCD ... @PulmPEEPs #Chronic ... Disease #COPD #diagnosis ... management #GOLD2022 #treatment
Oroya Fever
Hematologic disease caused by Bartonella bacilliformis
Restricted to the Andes highlands of Peru & Ecuador
B. bacilliformis:
Restricted to the Andes ... Nodular → Mular DIAGNOSIS ... coccobacillus within the RBCs ... TREATMENT: ​• Acute ... #Oroya #Fever #diagnosis
Drug Induced Lupus vs SLE
Drug Induced Lupus (DIL):
 • Epidemiology: -10% of all lupus cases, drug-dependent,
life-threatening • Treatment ... • Evolution: Chronic ... druginduced #lupus #sle #comparison ... #table #rheumatology ... #diagnosis #management
CPPD vs Gout

== CPPD == 

Think About CPPD When:
 • Self-limited synovitis after surgery/trauma (> 65
Chronic CPP Crystal ... culture used to diagnose ... #CPPD #Gout #Comparison ... #rheumatology # ... Diagnosis
Gout - Diagnosis and Management Summary

3 Conditions for Gout to Manifest:
1. Hyperuricemia
2. Monosodium urate deposition in
Gout - Diagnosis ... Fluid Testing: • WBCs ... • Acute gout treatment ... #management #treatment ... #rheumatology
Essential Thrombocythemia (ET)
ET is a chronic myeloproliferative neoplasm. Most cases are related to mutations that affect
(ET) ET is a chronic ... Splenomegaly Diagnosis ... A conclusive diagnosis ... #diagnosis #management ... #hematology
Pseudogout Summary - Calcium Pyrophosphate Deposition Disease (CPPD)

Pathophysiology:
Pyrophosphate produced by chondrocytes likely precipitates with calcium to
Chronic CPP Crystal ... Resembles RA • Chronic ... culture used to diagnose ... Acute Pseudogout: Treatment ... Deposition #Disease #Rheumatology
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
Immunosuppressed host): • Chronic ... pulmonary symptoms • Rheumatologic ... 85% • < 50% in chronic ... chills, muscle aches ... infection) • Chronic