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Medications for Treatment of Acute Gout
 - NSAIDs
 - Colchicine (Colcrys)
 - Corticosteroids
#Acute #Gout #Medications #Treatment
Medications for ... Gout - NSAIDs ... #Medications #Treatment ... #Management #AAFP ... #Rheumatology
Approach to Gout
Diagnosis: r/o septic arthritis! Needle-shaped, negative birefringent crystals
Treatment:
 • Weight loss, diet, d/c culprit
Approach to Gout ... diet, d/c culprit medications ... Lowering Therapy (ULT ... ): 1) 2+ flares ... #ULT #rheumatology
Medications for Prevention of Chronic Gout
Colchicine (Colcrys)
Pegloticase (Krystexxa)
Probenecid
Xanthine oxidase inhibitors:
 - Allopurinol (Zyloprim)
 - Febuxostat (Uloric)
#Chronic
Medications for ... Prevention of Chronic Gout ... #Medications #Treatment ... #Management #AAFP ... #Rheumatology
Gout - Management
Acute Gout Flare
 1) colchicine, NSAIDs, glucocorticoids
 2) Anakinra (IL-1 inhibitor)
When to Start Urate
Gout - Management ... Lowering Therapy (ULT ... 3) 2+ gout flares ... #Management #treatment ... #rheumatology
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
Non-autoimmune rheumatologic ... lymphopenia, low PLT ... C4 accompanies flares ... activation and/or medications ... Erythematosus #Diagnosis #Rheumatology
Adult-Onset Still's Disease (AOSD)
Rare inflammatory disorder of unknown etiology, difficult to diagnose because of heterogenous presentation.
Must rule out other ... fever, CRP, AST+ALT ... synovitis (40%) Treatment ... Disease #AOSD #rheumatology ... diagnosis #management #treatment
Gout - Diagnosis and Management Summary

3 Conditions for Gout to Manifest:
1. Hyperuricemia
2. Monosodium urate deposition in
Metabolic syndrome • Medications ... cortical bone Treatment ... treatment; consider ... diagnosis #management #treatment ... #rheumatology
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) - Summary
Overview: 
 • Most common leukemia in adults
 • Disorder of
cytometry → >500/uL ... transformation) Treatment ... low-risk disease • Indications ... for Treatment: ... Leukemia #oncology #hematology
Heparin Induced Thrombocytopenia (HIT) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Presentation: 
 • Plts ↓50% (nadir
heparin-PF4 complex → plt ... hypercoagulable state and plt ... Check out https: ... Diagnosis #Management #Treatment ... #Hematology #HemeOnc
Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS)
Classified among the secondary or acquired forms of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (sHLH)

What?
A subset of
disease • Systemic lupus ... SJIA], systemic lupus ... tests ↑ AST ↑ ALT ... Treatment: • Corticosteroids ... #Rheumatology