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Rheumatoid Arthritis Summary
Overview: chronic, inflammatory symmetric polyarthritis involving small joints of hands/feet, knees, shoulders
Signs & Symptoms:
involving small joints ... • synovitis; joint ... tenderness • joint ... narrowing) • Ultrasound ... Arthritis #diagnosis #management
Pseudogout: pathogenesis and clinical findings
 - Idiopathic (vast majority of cases) -> Mechanism unknown
 - Familial
crystals from joints ... high-resolution ultrasound ... warm, swollen joint ... sclerosis & cysts, joint ... Signs #Symptoms #Pathophysiology
Acute Fatty Liver of Pregnancy (AFLP)
Pathophysiology:
 • Defect in fetal free fatty acid metabolism products →
Pregnancy (AFLP) Pathophysiology ... Antithrombin Ill • Ultrasound ... Intrahepatic Cholestasis Management ... obgyn #diagnosis #management ... #pathophysiology
The interferon (IFN) signature: what’s the point? How to use it in clinical practice?

Characterizing activity of
signature: what’s the point ... understanding of pathophysiology ... signature #diagnosis #management
Pott's Disease in Tuberculosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
 - Typically from TB endemic areas
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Diagnosis and Management ... decreased reflexes Pathophysiology ... bacilli to bone/joints ... smear microscopy Management ... TB #Diagnosis #Management
Point-of-Care Ultrasound Algorithm for Airway Management (courtesy of James Tsung MD)

Algorithm originally published https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.7863/jum.2008.27.5.785

#Diagnosis #Management #POCUS
Point-of-Care Ultrasound ... Algorithm for Airway Management ... #Diagnosis #Management
Emphysematous Cystitis
Epidemiology:
 • Usually middle-aged diabetic women
 • Other RF: neurogenic bladder, urinary tract outlet obstruction,
Pathophysiology: ... KUB or abdominal ultrasound ... also important Management ... Cystitis #diagnosis #management
Stiff Person Syndrome (SPS) - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Epidemiology:
 • Prevalence: 1-2 cases per million -
Diagnosis and Management ... Person Syndrome Pathophysiology ... Focal limb or joint ... SPS #Diagnosis #Management
Nutrition in Cirrhosis: Dos and Don’ts
Screening:
 • Patients at risk for RFH-Nutritional Prioritizing Tool
 • Low
Analysis, muscle ultrasound ... Cirrhosis #diet #management ... #hepatology #pathophysiology
Baker's Cyst on POCUS
Looking for DVT. 3 point compression US negative. But saw this in the
Looking for DVT. 3 point ... communication with the joint ... generally no further management ... of Care Ultrasound ... POCUS #clinical #ultrasound