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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 Diagnosis ... Needle-shaped, negative ... Colchicine: Acute and chronic ... treatmentChronic ... #ULT #rheumatology
Pemphigus Vulgaris vs Bullous Pemphigoid - Comparison Table
Pemphigus Vulgaris
 • Epidemiology: Average age 40-60
 • Time
Bullous Pemphigoid - Comparison ... • Time course: Chronic ... • Time course: Chronic ... Nikolsky sign: Negative ... #diagnosis
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) in Patients with Cancer 

Cancer Related 
• Hypercalcemia 
• Intravenous contrast 
•
change disease • Hematologic ... malignancies Treatment ... #AKI #Cancer #Oncology ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Classification
Hodgkin's Lymphoma vs Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma - Comparison

Hodgkin's Lymphoma:
 • Epidemiology: young adults 20-30, older 50-70
 •
Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma - Comparison ... translocation • Types: Classification ... Differential Diagnosis ... #NonHodgkins #comparison ... #oncology #diagnosis
Oroya Fever
Hematologic disease caused by Bartonella bacilliformis
Restricted to the Andes highlands of Peru & Ecuador
B. bacilliformis:
Oroya Fever Hematologic ... bacilliformis: - Gram negative ... Nodular → Mular DIAGNOSIS ... TREATMENT: ​• Acute ... #Oroya #Fever #diagnosis
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) - Summary
Overview: 
 • Most common leukemia in adults
 • Disorder of
Chronic Lymphocytic ... minimal tumor burden Diagnosis ... Lymphocytic #Leukemia #oncology ... #hematology #hemeonc ... #diagnosis #management
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
 • Epidemiology: 10-180/100,000, Typically Age 20-40, F:M
Erythematosus (SLE) - Diagnosis ... pANCA anti-MPO - Negative ... life-threatening • Treatment ... • Evolution: Chronic ... Erythematosus #Diagnosis
Drug Induced Liver Injury (DILI) - Stepwise Diagnosis Algorithm
DILI suspicion
Features toxic aetiology: Skin involvement, Kidney injury,
DILI) - Stepwise Diagnosis ... non-essential drug/HDS treatments ... biopsy if: • Negative ... e.g. ascites), Chronic ... #Algorithm #hepatology
Phases of chronic HBV infection according to revised and classical definitions
Phase 1: HBeAg+ chronic infection (old
Phases of chronic ... Phase 1: HBeAg+ chronic ... HepBV #Phases #Treatment ... #Management #diagnosis ... #hepatology #Chronic
Generalized Seizures and Pseudoseizures
Generalized seizures "are conceptualized as originating as some point within, and rapidly engaging,
When tonic—clonic ... alcohol or other sedative ... Pseudoseizures #GrandMal #Classification ... #Diagnosis #Neurology ... Signs #Symptoms #Comparison