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Guidelines for Perioperative Management of Antirheumatic Medication in Patients with Rheumatic Diseases Undergoing Elective Total Hip
Perioperative Management ... Elective Total Hip ... or Total Knee Arthroplasty ... MithuRheum #rheumatology ... perioperative #guidelines #management
Approach to Thrombotic Microangiopathy (TMA) - Differential Diagnosis and Management Algorithm

Suspected TMA: Unexplained thrombocytopenia + MAHA
Diagnosis and Management ... Direct antiglobulin test ... hemosiderin • PT/aPTT normal ... Differential #Diagnosis #Management ... #Algorithm #hematology
Causes of Knee Effusions - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Knee Effusion Red Flags:
1. Fever/Chills/Joint pain/Night sweats/Weight loss
	- DDX:
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Brucellosis - Viruses: HIV ... Effusions: - Hematologic ... Osteochondroma Hematologic ... - Synovium - Oral ... differential #diagnosis #msk
Ober's Test for TFL/ITB Inflammation

With the patient in the lateral position, affected side up.  The
Ober's Test for ... , flexing the hip ... and abducts the hip ... In a normal test ... physicalexam #sports #msk
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 ... also arise in normal ... Lymphomas • Other hematologic ... #NonHodgkins #comparison ... #differential #hematology
Our approach to the diagnosis and initial management of patients with suspected HIT. Our approach is
diagnosis and initial management ... with suspected HIT ... laboratory tests ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Hematology #HIT
Myositis and Myopathies
Polymyositis 
 • Progressive, symmetric muscle weakness 
 • Elevated CK, +Anti-Jo, +Anti-Mi2
Dermatomyositis
Elevated ESR, Normal ... muscle weakness • Normal ... CK, Detectable HIV ... differential #diagnosis #comparison ... #rheumatology
Adult-Onset Still's Disease
Clinical triad: Fever, Arthralgia/arthritis, Skin rash ± odynophagia
+ Biological inflammation: Increased neutrophils, Hyperferritinemia, decreased
Coxsackie, CMV, EBV, HIV ... • Muscular: normal ... CK, normal biopsy ... Disease #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #rheumatology
Heparin Induced Thrombocytopenia (HIT) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Presentation: 
 • Plts ↓50% (nadir
Diagnosis and Management ... approach for post-test ... : Confirmatory test ... Management: • ... #Treatment #Hematology
Optic Neuritis - Diagnosis and Management
 • Epidemiology: Female (75%), 18-50 years,
caucasian
 • Symptoms: Moderate visual
Diagnosis and Management ... lesions (a), Brain: normal ... - Typical MS-like ... Neuritis #Diagnosis #Management ... #treatment #rheumatology