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Rheumatoid Arthritis Summary
Overview: chronic, inflammatory symmetric polyarthritis involving small joints of hands/feet, knees, shoulders
Signs & Symptoms:
Rheumatoid Arthritis ... Summary Overview ... hands/feet, knees, shoulders ... #diagnosis #management ... #rheumatology
Anterior Shoulder Dislocation - ED Management
The shoulder is the most commonly dislocated major joint, 95% of
dislocated major joint ... Here’s a quick summary ... Most common major joint ... Radiology #XRay #Diagnosis ... #Sports #MSK
Disseminated Gonococcal Infection - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Bacteremic spread of the Gram-negative diplococci Neisseria gonorrhoeae. History
and Management ... Summary Bacteremic ... blood cultures should ... an accessible joint ... #Management #Microbiology
SAPHO Syndrome Summary

What?
SAPHO syndrome is a rare chronic inflammatory disorder of bone, joint, and skin characterized
SAPHO Syndrome Summary ... nonerosive inflammatory arthritis ... anterior chest wall, parts ... SAPHO #Syndrome #Rheumatology ... #diagnosis #management
Pott's Disease in Tuberculosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
 - Typically from TB endemic areas
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Summary Epidemiology ... bacilli to bone/joints ... damage - CXR should ... Residency @CMC_IM #Potts ... #Management #Summary
Polycythemia Vera (PV) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Diagnostic Criteria:
 • Elevated hemoglobin and/or hematocrit AND
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and Management ... Summary Diagnostic ... • Treatment algorithms ... aspirin • Aspirin should ... #Management #Summary
Pseudogout Summary - Calcium Pyrophosphate Deposition Disease (CPPD)

Pathophysiology:
Pyrophosphate produced by chondrocytes likely precipitates with calcium to
Pseudogout Summary ... (shoulders, wrists ... Wrist, MCP or shoulder ... Deposition #Disease #Rheumatology ... #diagnosis #management
Gout - Diagnosis and Management Summary

3 Conditions for Gout to Manifest:
1. Hyperuricemia
2. Monosodium urate deposition in
and Management ... Summary 3 Conditions ... deposition in joints ... frequent attacks • Arthritis ... #rheumatology
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
pulmonary symptoms • Rheumatologic ... muscle aches, joint ... Inhalation of spores ... Meningitis, septic arthritis ... #Management #Infections