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Approach to Gout
Diagnosis: r/o septic arthritis! Needle-shaped, negative birefringent crystals
Treatment:
 • Weight loss, diet, d/c culprit
Approach to Gout ... 1) 2+ flares/year ... 2) Gouty tophi ... #diagnosis #management ... #rheumatology
Gout - Diagnosis and Management Summary

3 Conditions for Gout to Manifest:
1. Hyperuricemia
2. Monosodium urate deposition in
and Management ... forefoot, ankles, knees ... 2 attacks in a year ... #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #rheumatology
Rheumatoid Arthritis Summary
Overview: chronic, inflammatory symmetric polyarthritis involving small joints of hands/feet, knees, shoulders
Signs & Symptoms:
of hands/feet, knees ... shoulders Signs & Symptoms ... exam and imaging Treatment ... Arthritis #diagnosis #management ... #rheumatology
Gout - Management
Acute Gout Flare
 1) colchicine, NSAIDs, glucocorticoids
 2) Anakinra (IL-1 inhibitor)
When to Start Urate
Gout - Management ... Acute Gout Flare ... /year 4) consider ... #Management #treatment ... #rheumatology
Pheochromocytoma - Diagnosis and Management Summary
10 percent rule = 10% of pheochromocytomas are extra-adrenal, multiple, bilateral,
person-years • 50-year ... life • M=F Symptoms ... panic attack-type symptoms ... Less common symptoms ... blockers cancel out
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
Giant retinal tears ... Arthritis, AS Treatment ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management ... #signs #symptoms ... #rheumatology #
A quick infographic on various pearls about atopic dermatitis, a disease with an increasing burden on
risk factors, management ... #management #medications ... Role of the Gut ... D, Galloway G, Murray ... /hyperactivity symptoms
This is a quick overview of hormonal acne treatment for the medical student and resident.

Keep in
hormonal acne treatment ... for the medical ... #photo #management ... of Acne: A 4-Year ... hyperandrogenic skin symptoms
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
Bilateral signs and/or symptoms ... • Must rule out ... need to be ruled out ... Transverse Myelitis Treatment ... Myelitis #diagnosis #management
Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) Diagnosis and Management Summary

WHAT?
 • Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) is a common systemic inflammatory
Diagnosis and Management ... chair, getting out ... TREATMENT: • The ... mainstay of treatment ... #Rheumatology