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Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
axial (spine, shoulders ... - Autoimmune Rheumatologic ... Mycobacterium tuberculosis ... (tuberculosis) ... Diagnosis #MSK #rheumatology
CPPD vs Gout

== CPPD == 

Think About CPPD When:
 • Self-limited synovitis after surgery/trauma (> 65
weird joints (shoulders ... , wrists, elbows ... Wrist, MCP, or shoulder ... fingers, wrist, elbow ... Gout #Comparison #rheumatology
Lateral Epicondylitis Corticosteroid Injection

Lateral epicondylitis injection. Easy. Find point of maximal tenderness on palpating and should
Corticosteroid Injection ... epicondylitis injection ... palpating and should ... Epicondylitis #elbow ... orthopedics #sports #rheumatology
Hydroxychloroquine - Risks and Benefits in Lupus
Benefits:
↓ Disease activity, ↓ Flare, ↓ Damage, ↓ Corticosteroid dose,
Thrombosis, ↓ Severe infection ... agranulocytosis [rare, should ... very uncommon but should ... Benefits #Lupus #pharmacology ... #sideeffects #rheumatology
IDSA - Clinical Strategy to Build an Individualized Treatment Regimen for Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis (MDR-TB)
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Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis ... are contacts of infectious ... isolate DST result should ... MultiDrugResistant #Tuberculosis ... antimicrobials #regimens #pharmacology
IDSA Recommendations for Treating Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Infection and Disease in HIV-AIDS
Treating LTBI (to prevent TB disease)
Indications:
Mycobacterium Tuberculosis ... Infection and Disease ... empiric treatment should ... Mycobacterium #Tuberculosis ... #HIVAIDS #pharmacology
Pseudogout Summary - Calcium Pyrophosphate Deposition Disease (CPPD)

Pathophysiology:
Pyrophosphate produced by chondrocytes likely precipitates with calcium to
weird joints (shoulders ... , wrists, elbows ... Wrist, MCP or shoulder ... diagnose concomitant infection ... Deposition #Disease #Rheumatology