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Medications for Prevention of Chronic Gout
Colchicine (Colcrys)
Pegloticase (Krystexxa)
Probenecid
Xanthine oxidase inhibitors:
 - Allopurinol (Zyloprim)
 - Febuxostat (Uloric)
#Chronic
Medications for ... Prevention of Chronic ... #Medications #Treatment ... #Management #AAFP ... #Rheumatology
CPPD vs Gout

== CPPD == 

Think About CPPD When:
 • Self-limited synovitis after surgery/trauma (> 65
CPPD vs Gout ... • Underlying disease ... • Weakly positively ... Metabolic syndrome • Medications ... #rheumatology #
IDSA Recommendations for Preventing and Treating Chagas Disease (American Trypanosomiasis) in HIV-AIDS
Preventing Clinical Disease
Indication:  Individuals
and tested positive ... duration same as for treatment ... Note: Treatment ... #Treatment #management ... opportunistic #infections
Adult-Onset Still's Disease (AOSD)
Rare inflammatory disorder of unknown etiology, difficult to diagnose because of heterogenous presentation.
Adult-Onset Still's Disease ... Must rule out other ... #AOSD #rheumatology ... #diagnosis #management ... #treatment
IDSA Recommendations for Treating Cytomegalovirus Infections in HIV-AIDS
Preventing CMV Disease:
 • CMV end-organ disease is best
in HIV-AIDS Preventing ... CMV Disease: ... CMV end-organ disease ... ., concomitant medications ... #Treatment #management
Gout - Diagnosis and Management Summary

3 Conditions for Gout to Manifest:
1. Hyperuricemia
2. Monosodium urate deposition in
and Management ... Diagnose concomitant infection ... Dual-energy CT → MSU ... #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #rheumatology
Pseudogout Summary - Calcium Pyrophosphate Deposition Disease (CPPD)

Pathophysiology:
Pyrophosphate produced by chondrocytes likely precipitates with calcium to
shaped • Weakly positively ... diagnose concomitant infection ... Acute Pseudogout: Treatment ... #Rheumatology # ... diagnosis #management
Smoking Cessation and Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT)
Smoking is the leading cause of preventable death and a
multiple cancers, CV disease ... , stroke, COPD, ... of counseling & medication ... #Therapy #NRT #management ... #treatment
IDSA Recommendations for Preventing and Treating Toxoplasma gondii Encephalitis in HIV-AIDS
Indications for Initiating Primary Prophylaxis:
 •
Recommendations for Preventing ... Toxoplasma IgG positive ... #Treatment #opportunistic ... #infections #HIVAIDS ... #management #pharmacology
IDSA Recommendations for Preventing and Treating Varicella Zoster Virus (VZV) Infections in HIV-AIDS
Pre-Exposure Prevention of VZV
Recommendations for Preventing ... Indications: ... confirmation of disease ... vaccination results in disease ... #Treatment #management