38 results
Approach to Gout
Diagnosis: r/o septic arthritis! Needle-shaped, negative birefringent crystals
Treatment:
 • Weight loss, diet, d/c culprit
Approach to Gout ... septic arthritis ... 1) 2+ flares/year ... NUIM_Chiefs #gout ... #diagnosis #management
Posterior Shoulder Dislocation on POCUS

The team wasn't sure if shoulder had been reduced. Rather than send
Dislocation on POCUS ... The team wasn't ... Rather than send out ... #Dislocation #POCUS ... clinical #ultrasound #MSK
Septic Arthritis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Clinical Exam: hot, swollen, pain with passive AND active ROM
Management Summary ... osteoarthritis, gout ... Treatment: admission ... unable to rule out ... #Management #Summary
Joint Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Monoarthritis
 • Septic
 • Crystalline
     - Gout
- Differential Diagnosis ... Monoarthritis • Septic ... Crystalline - Gout ... Erythematosus (SLE), should ... Joint #Disorders #msk
Gout - Diagnosis and Management Summary

3 Conditions for Gout to Manifest:
1. Hyperuricemia
2. Monosodium urate deposition in
Gout - Diagnosis ... and Management ... Dual-energy CT → MSU ... 2 attacks in a year ... #diagnosis #management
Alcoholic Hepatitis - Management Algorithm
1. Severity assessed not only by MDF (>32) but also by MELD
Alcoholic Hepatitis - Management ... Rule out infection ... only increase short-term ... Steroid response should ... #Algorithm #treatment
Perilunate Dislocation
On lateral wrist XR, the capitate ("apple") should sit in the lunate ("tea cup") which
capitate ("apple") should ... in the lunate ("tea ... cup") which should ... Radiology #XRay #Diagnosis ... #Sports #MSK
Speed's Test on Shoulder Examination

With the arm straight out (elbow fully extended) at 90 degrees of
Speed's Test on Shoulder ... the arm straight out ... superior labral tear ... #orthopedics #msk ... #sports
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
• Must rule out ... , MOG-IgG test should ... need to be ruled out ... Transverse Myelitis Treatment ... #management #neurology
Syncope is a sudden, transient loss of consciousness, which is thought to be secondary to cerebral
syncope (ruling out ... ), ruling out immediately ... further guide management ... should be guided ... The treatment strategy