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Approach to Gout
Diagnosis: r/o septic arthritis! Needle-shaped, negative birefringent crystals
Treatment:
 • Weight loss, diet, d/c culprit
Diagnosis: r/o ... Needle-shaped, negative ... diet, d/c culprit medications ... #diagnosis #management ... #rheumatology
Initial triage of the neutropenic adult - Algorithm for the evaluation and treatment of adult patients
evaluation and treatment ... Algorithm #workup #diagnosis ... #hematology #biopsy ... #indications #differential
Approach to Thrombocytosis - Elevated Platelet Count - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Peripheral Smear concerning for malignancy?
Diagnosis Algorithm ... → Refer to hematology ... Rebound effect from treatment ... • Reaction to Medications ... #hematology
Thrombotic Microangiopathy - TTP VS HUS

Big picture points : Often hard to differentiate the two entities,
Often hard to differentiate ... and first-line treatment ... thrombocytopenia #Comparison ... #Diagnosis #Table ... #Hematology
Causes of Isolated Neutropenia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Congenital
Medications
 • Anticonvulsants
 • Antibiotics
 • Antithyroid
 • Antihypertensive
Neutropenia - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Congenital Medications ... Bacteria • Gram Negative ... #Causes #Hematology
Gout - Diagnosis and Management Summary

3 Conditions for Gout to Manifest:
1. Hyperuricemia
2. Monosodium urate deposition in
Gout - Diagnosis ... Metabolic syndrome • Medications ... Needle-shaped, negatively ... treatment; consider ... #treatment #rheumatology
Eosinophil Disorders Testing Algorithm
INDICATIONS FOR TESTING:
 • Peripheral blood eosinophilia/hypereosinophilia uncovered incidentally during medical evaluation or
Testing Algorithm INDICATIONS ... glucocorticoid treatment ... Disorders #Algorithm #Differential ... #diagnosis #hematology
CPPD vs Gout

== CPPD == 

Think About CPPD When:
 • Self-limited synovitis after surgery/trauma (> 65
culture used to diagnose ... Metabolic syndrome • Medications ... Needle-shaped, negatively ... #Comparison #rheumatology ... #Diagnosis
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
Pain - Arthritis Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... aureus • Gram-negative ... #Diagnosis #MSK ... #rheumatology #
TTP - Laboratory Evaluation for Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura

Activity of von Willebrand factor-cleaving protease activity - A
activity is the diagnostic ... antiglobulin tests - Negative ... , ruling out an ... WBC count and differential ... #Workup #Hematology