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Approach to urethritis and cervicitis

By Dr. Elise Merchant @EAMerchant via Febrile [febrilepodcast.com]

#ID  #Infectious Diseases
#Infections #Differential ... Gonorrhea #Chlamydia #GC
Approach to the Hypotensive Patient - Differential Diagnosis Framework for Hypotension

Blood Pressure = Heart Rate x
Hypotensive Patient - Differential ... insufficiency (GC ... #hypotensive #differential
Fever in the Returning Traveler - History
Exposure History:
 • Street foods / Local water: entenc fever,
Chlamydia trachomatis [GC ... History #diagnosis #differential
Neurosarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Treatment
 • 5 to 40% of sarcoidosis, Heterogeneous, often inaugural
 • Central
, Exclusion of Differential ... glucocorticoids (GC ... days then oral GC
Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA) - Vasculitis Management Algorithm - ACR/VF 2021 Guidelines
 • Visual Symptoms/Loss or
by daily oral GC ... with TCZ over GC ... , can consider GC ... with MTX or GC ... with MTX or GC
Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (GPA) and Microscopic Polyangiitis (MPA) - ANCA Vasculitis Management Algorithm - ACR/VF 2021
, Reduced dose GC ... Remission Induction: GC ... +MTX over GC+RTX ... , GC+CYC, GC+AZA ... , GC+MMF or GC alone
Polyarteritis Nodosa (PAN) - Vasculitis Management Algorithm - ACR/VF 2021 Guidelines
 • Severe Disease → Remission
oral or pulse IV GC ... with CYC over GC ... Induction Therapy: non-GC ... MTX or AZA) with GC ... over GC alone
Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (EGPA) - ANCA Vasculitis Management Algorithm - ACR/VF 2021 Guidelines
 • Active
High-Dose Daily Oral GC ... (Can consider GC ... + MEP 2) GC ... + MTX, GC + AZA ... , or GC + MMF
Treatment of giant cell arteritis (GCA)

1st Line Strategy - GC 0.7 mg/kg/day, except for:
 • Aortitis
Line Strategy - GC ... When to start GC-sparing ... relapse: Incr GC ... TCZ in case of GC-dependence ... received Which GC-Sparing
Post-Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP) Monitoring
 • Initial / ED Visit: HIV Ab/Ag, Hep B serologies, HCV Ab,
ALT/AST, BUN/Cr, GC ... ALT/AST, BUN/Cr, GC