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Gout Management in CKD
 • Colchicine
 • NSAID
 • Glucocorticoid
 • ACTH
 • Interleukin-1 Inhibitors

#Gout #Management
Management in CKD ... Gout #Management #CKD ... #rheumatology # ... treatment #comparison
Adult-Onset Still's Disease
Clinical triad: Fever, Arthralgia/arthritis, Skin rash ± odynophagia
+ Biological inflammation: Increased neutrophils, Hyperferritinemia, decreased
Adult-Onset Still's Disease ... fraction < 20% Differential ... Muscular: normal CK ... diagnosis #management #treatment ... #rheumatology
Metformin Treatment in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes and Chronic Kidney Disease Stages 3A, 3B, or
Metformin Treatment ... Chronic Kidney Disease ... #Metformin #CKD3 ... #CKD4 #Dosing #
Contraception and CKD
Preferred Contraception in kidney disease: Intrauterine devices and progesterone only methods
Avoid combined progesterone/estrogen pills

#Contraception
Contraception and CKD ... Contraception in kidney disease ... Contraception #CKD ... #management #treatment
Diagnostic Schema for Hyperferritinemia

Pearl: Diseases associated with extreme elevations: 
1. HLH 
2. Still's disease 
3. Systemic
Hyperferritinemia Pearl: Diseases ... Still's disease ... Hyperferritinemia #Algorithm #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Hematology
Rheumatoid Arthritis - ACR 2021 Guidelines
 - Low Disease Activity
 - Moderate to High Disease Activity
Guidelines - Low Disease ... Moderate to High Disease ... Tapering DMARDs - Treatment ... Guidelines #management #treatment ... #rheumatology
Patient factors influencing the selection Of glucose-lowering drugs Other than SGLT2i and metformin in T2D and
metformin in T2D and CKD ... cardiovascular disease ... : CKD. chronic ... kidney disease, ... #management #treatment
Algorithmic Approach to Anemia - Differential Diagnosis Framework by MCV

Microcytic (MCV < 80) "TAILS":
 • Thalassemia
Approach to Anemia - Differential ... Aplastic anemia, CKD ... Non-megaloblastic: Liver disease ... MCV #Algorithm #Differential ... #Diagnosis #hematology
Warm Antibody Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia 
1) DIAGNOSE AIHA
 • Anemia: macrocytic > normocytic, ↑ reticulocytes
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• IgG type ± C3d ... • Blood smear: Differential ... diagnosis #management #treatment ... #rheumatology
Expected DAT Results in Autoimmune Hemolysis
DAT Negative Hemolysis
 • DAT Poly ( - ), IgG (
), IgG ( - ), C3d ... ), IgG ( + ), C3d ... Cold agglutinin disease ... ), IgG ( - ), C3d ... Autoimmune #Hemolysis #hematology