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CPPD vs Gout

== CPPD == 

Think About CPPD When:
 • Self-limited synovitis after surgery/trauma (> 65
• Underlying disease ... states Pathophysiology ... if < 50 Years Age ... : • Advanced age ... 12-24 Hours • Fever
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
(LTBI) Pathophysiology ... Chronic kidney disease ... Disease Progression ... Active TB: • Fever ... assay (IGRA) • PPD
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
(LTBI) Pathophysiology ... Chronic kidney disease ... Disease Progression ... Active TB: • Fever ... assay (IGRA) • PPD
Tuberculin Skin Test Interpretation - Threshold for treatment
Induration cutoff >5mm:
 • Recent exposure to an individual
consistent with old TB disease ... Children > 4 years of age ... • kidney disease ... individuals #Tuberculosis ... Criteria #Thresholds #PPD
Hodgkin's Lymphoma vs Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma - Comparison

Hodgkin's Lymphoma:
 • Epidemiology: young adults 20-30, older 50-70
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infection, Autoimmune diseases ... - Pel-Ebstein fever ... Increases with age ... - Autoimmune diseases ... Solid Tumors • Tuberculosis
Pseudogout Summary - Calcium Pyrophosphate Deposition Disease (CPPD)

Pathophysiology:
Pyrophosphate produced by chondrocytes likely precipitates with calcium to
Pyrophosphate Deposition Disease ... (CPPD) Pathophysiology ... • Underlying disease ... if < 50 years age ... acute neck pain, fever
Evaluation of suspected incomplete Kawasaki Disease

1. AHA consensus recommendations
2. Infants ≤6 months old on day ≥7
incomplete Kawasaki Disease ... old on day ≥7 of fever ... dL, anemia for age ... purposes of this algorithm ... within 10 d of fever
Broncholithiasis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

 • Also known as: Lung stones, pulmoliths, pneumoliths, bronchial calculi
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M=F • Median age ... • Wheezing • Fever ... Mycobacterium Tuberculosis ... Tracheobronchial Diseases
Causes of Chronic Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Abnormal Chest X-Ray:
 • Chronic Infection (Eg. Fungal, Tuberculosis)
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Fungal, Tuberculosis ... • Interstitial Disease ... Bronchiectasis Obstructive Disease ... • Asthma • COPD
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
or family - Ever ... Ischemic heart disease ... Age 4. ... event, follow ACC algorithm ... : - Known CV disease