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Medications for Treatment of Acute Gout
 - NSAIDs
 - Colchicine (Colcrys)
 - Corticosteroids
#Acute #Gout #Medications #Treatment
for Treatment of Acute ... Gout - NSAIDs ... #Gout #Medications ... #Treatment #Management ... #AAFP #Rheumatology
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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 ... medications • Acute ... • Colchicine: Acute ... #diagnosis #management ... treatment #ULT #rheumatology
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
Acute Respiratory ... Cheat Sheet An acute ... be detected on CT ... should be ruled out ... cardiogram) should be performed
Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MD) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
myelo (marrow) -dys- (abnormal) -plastic (shape) = funny-shaped cells
Diagnosis and Management ... marrow) -dys- (abnormal ... transformation to acute ... leukemia Management ... #treatment #hematology
Myocarditis
Diagnosis 
• Endomyocardial biopsy (gold standard, rarely performed) 
• Clinical presentation 
• Cardiovascular MRI 
Clinical 
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standard, rarely performed ... summation gallop • Abnormal ... cardiac death Management ... Myocarditis #Diagnosis #Management ... #Cardiology
Algorithm regarding the diagnosis and treatment of Hereditary Hemochromatosis HH. 

Step 1: In the patient with
<45% and SF is normal ... testing should be performed ... indices should be performed ... including liver and hematologic ... algorithm #diagnosis #management
Gout - Diagnosis and Management Summary

3 Conditions for Gout to Manifest:
1. Hyperuricemia
2. Monosodium urate deposition in
and Management ... that leads to an acute ... • Dual-energy CT ... #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #rheumatology
Bleeding and Bruising - Disorders of Hemostasis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

== Quantitative or Qualitative defect in
PT/ABNORMAL PTT ... • Warfarin • Acute ... if not already performed ... Liver disease • Acute ... Differential #Diagnosis #Hematology
Anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (AION) - Recognition of giant cell arteritis (GCA)

1) Is visual loss caused
Definition: acute ... halo sign PET/CT ... efficacy of GCs Abnormal ... GiantCellArteritis #GCA #Rheumatology
Evolution of stroke on CT and MRI. 

Day 1: NCHCT demonstrates obscure left insular cortex. No
Evolution of stroke on CT ... No abnormal lesion ... consistent with acute ... consistent with acute ... Timeline #Neurology #Radiology