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Behcet's Syndrome - Treatment
Ulcers:
 • Treatment: Topical steroids
 • Prevention: Colchicine
 • Azathioprine for refractory disease
Arthritis:
Behcet's Syndrome ... for refractory disease ... refractory lesions Ocular ... #Syndrome #Treatment ... #management #pharmacology
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
association • M > F Clinical ... ulceration • Ocular ... (Clinical Dx). ... ) Differential Diagnosis ... #diagnosis #management
Adult-Onset Still's Disease
Clinical triad: Fever, Arthralgia/arthritis, Skin rash ± odynophagia
+ Biological inflammation: Increased neutrophils, Hyperferritinemia, decreased
Adult-Onset Still's Disease ... Clinical triad ... fraction < 20% Differential ... • Ocular: uveitis ... #diagnosis #management
IDSA Recommendations for Preventing and Treating Chagas Disease (American Trypanosomiasis) in HIV-AIDS
Preventing Clinical Disease
Indication:  Individuals
IDSA Recommendations ... HIV-AIDS Preventing Clinical ... Trypanosomiasis #IDSA ... Prevention #Treatment #management ... infections #HIVAIDS #pharmacology
Ptosis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Ptosis (Greek- to fall) Drooping of the upper eyelid that usually results
Ptosis - Differential ... think about three clinical ... Ptosis - Neurologic disease ... lens wearing • Ocular ... Ptosis #neurology #Differential
Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids to treat infectious diseases
 - Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia
Adjuvant therapies in critical ... treat infectious diseases ... respiratory distress syndrome ... InfectiousDiseases #Infections #Pharmacology ... #Management #Treatment
Drugs Used for the Treatment of COVID-19 Infection

** Editor Note (from ophthalmology MD input) - Hydroxychloroquine/chloroquine
Even with macular ... disease, may consider ... highlighted circle= clinical ... Treatment #COVID19 #Pharmacology ... #Table #Management
Fatigue and IBD Algorithm
 • 40-50% patients have fatigue despite clinical remission
 • Risk factors: BMI,
fatigue despite clinical ... Receptor (sTfR) to differentiate ... IDA vs. ... fatigue despite disease ... Algorithm #diagnosis #management
Myasthenia Gravis Overview

Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune disorder of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction.  Ab to
Clinical Picture ... Ocular- 50%: Ptosis ... life-threatening Differential ... Clinical DX: - ... Gravis #diagnosis #management
Syncope is a sudden, transient loss of consciousness, which is thought to be secondary to cerebral
structural heart disease ... carotid sinus syndrome ... syncope (ruling out differential ... further guide management ... should be guided by clinical