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Arthrocentesis - Joint Fluid Analysis

Effusion Characteristics (Color, Clarity, WCC, PMN, Crystals, Bacteria) by Disease Process: 
OA,
Pseudogout (positively birefringent ... crystals), Gout ... (negatively birefringent
Approach to Gout
Diagnosis: r/o septic arthritis! Needle-shaped, negative birefringent crystals
Treatment:
 • Weight loss, diet, d/c culprit
Approach to Gout ... Needle-shaped, negative birefringent ... flares/year 2) Gouty ... NUIM_Chiefs #gout
Monoarthritis - Differential Diagnosis
Infection (Acute):
 - S. aureus (most common)
 - S. pneumonia
 - Salmonella (in
Coccidioidomycosis Crystal - Gout ... early in dz, neg birefringent ... /l wrists, pos birefringent
CPPD vs Gout

== CPPD == 

Think About CPPD When:
 • Self-limited synovitis after surgery/trauma (> 65
CPPD vs Gout ... Weakly positively birefringent ... or not birefringent ... Needle-shaped, negatively birefringent ... • Acute gout
Milk of Urate Bulla - A new blister overlying the radial aspect of the second interphalangeal
of negatively birefringent ... Clinical #Pathology #Gout ... Bulla #Negatively #Birefringent
Gout - Diagnosis and Management Summary

3 Conditions for Gout to Manifest:
1. Hyperuricemia
2. Monosodium urate deposition in
Gout - Diagnosis ... Conditions for Gout ... Intercritical Gout ... Needle-shaped, negatively birefringent ... • Acute gout
Gout (Gouty Arthritis) - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Eccentric soft-tissue densities surrounding the third proximal interphalangeal
Gout (Gouty Arthritis ... These are CLASSIC gouty ... • Gouty tophus ... • Gout can present ... Gout is relatively
Gout Management Algorithm

DOI: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2020.04.010

#Gout #Management #Algorithm #rheumatology #uricacid
Gout Management ... .2020.04.010 #Gout
Medications for Treatment of Acute Gout
 - NSAIDs
 - Colchicine (Colcrys)
 - Corticosteroids
#Acute #Gout #Medications #Treatment
Treatment of Acute Gout ... Corticosteroids #Acute #Gout
Gout Management in CKD
 • Colchicine
 • NSAID
 • Glucocorticoid
 • ACTH
 • Interleukin-1 Inhibitors

#Gout #Management
Gout Management ... Inhibitors #Gout