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Dressler Syndrome - 
Postmyocardlal Infarctlon syndrome / Postpericardlotomy pericarditis
• Occurs 2 -10 weeks post myocardial infarction
Dressler Syndrome ... Postmyocardlal Infarctlon syndrome ... spontaneously • Colchicine ... #Dressler #Syndrome
Behcet's Syndrome - Treatment
Ulcers:
 • Treatment: Topical steroids
 • Prevention: Colchicine
 • Azathioprine for refractory disease
Arthritis:
Behcet's Syndrome ... • Prevention: Colchicine ... Arthritis: • Colchicine ... topical steroids + colchicine ... Behcets #disease #Syndrome
Phases of Colchicine Toxicity
 - Early Phase (0-24h) 
 - Multi-organ failure Phase (1-7 days)
Phases of Colchicine ... Respiratory Distress Syndrome ... Kat_Watson #Colchicine
Causes of Chronic Diarrhea - Differential Diagnosis
Osmotic
 • Food/Drink: Lactose intolerance, Artificial sweeteners (e.g. sorbitol, high
Medications: NSAlDs, Colchicine ... tumors: Carcinoid syndrome ... ZE syndrome) Malabsorptive ... Irritable bowel syndrome
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
Behçet's Syndrome ... occlusion, Budd-Chiari syndrome ... tests in Behcet syndrome ... adenopathy (PFAPA) syndrome ... mucocutaneous lesions-Colchicine
Gout - Diagnosis and Management Summary

3 Conditions for Gout to Manifest:
1. Hyperuricemia
2. Monosodium urate deposition in
sex • Metabolic syndrome ... NSAIDs • Low-dose colchicine ... Concomitant low-dose colchicine
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Rhabdomyolysis = Destruction of skeletal muscle with leakage of contents into circulation.
Neuroleptic malignant syndrome ... statins, fibrates), Colchicine
Causes of Myocarditis 
1. Infectious Myocarditis
 • Bacterial - Staphylococcus, Streptococcus, Pneumococcus, Meningococcus, Gonococcus, Salmonella, Corynebacterium
Penicillin, cefaclor, colchicine ... Churg-Strauss syndrome
Pseudogout Summary - Calcium Pyrophosphate Deposition Disease (CPPD)

Pathophysiology:
Pyrophosphate produced by chondrocytes likely precipitates with calcium to
• NSAIDs • Colchicine ... • Long-term colchicine ... Crowned Dens Syndrome
Medications for Treatment of Acute Gout
 - NSAIDs
 - Colchicine (Colcrys)
 - Corticosteroids
#Acute #Gout #Medications #Treatment
- NSAIDs - Colchicine