189 results
Pseudogout Summary - Calcium Pyrophosphate Deposition Disease (CPPD)

Pathophysiology:
Pyrophosphate produced by chondrocytes likely precipitates with calcium to
Deposition Disease (CPPD ... chondrocytes likely precipitates ... calcium to form CPP ... Think About CPPD ... Asymptomatic CPPD
CPPD vs Gout

== CPPD == 

Think About CPPD When:
 • Self-limited synovitis after surgery/trauma (> 65
CPPD vs Gout ... == CPPD == Think ... About CPPD When ... chondrocytes likely precipitates ... Asymptomatic CPPD
Delirium Precipitants in the Elderly

I think of delirium like the AKI of the brain. Baseline risk
Delirium Precipitants ... Hospitalization I divide precipitants ... #Delirium #Precipitants
FIGURE 3. KERATIC PRECIPITATES. COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA COMMONS AND JONATHAN TROBE, MD.

In addition to a good
KERATIC PRECIPITATES ... Keratic precipitates ... SlitLamp #Keratic #Precipitates
Causes of Urinary Incontinence - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 - Transient - Easily reversible cause (DIAPPERS)
Small Volume, Precipitated ... leakage of urine, Precipitated ... volume leakage +/- Precipitated
Torsades de Pointes
• "Twisting of the pointes" 
• QRS axis swings from positive to negative direction
focus • Usually precipitated ... Methadone • Also precipitated
Torsades de Pointes 
•Precipitated by drugs that prolong the QT interval 
•Class IA antidysrhythmics (procainamide, quinidine)
de Pointes •Precipitated
Buprenorphine Initiation for the Uninitiated
1) WAIT FOR MODERATE WITHDRAWAL SYMPTOMS
 - Precipitated withdrawal can be caused
WITHDRAWAL SYMPTOMS - Precipitated ... To avoid precipitated ... higher risk of precipitated
SNOOP mnemonic may catch potentially life-threatening headaches
Systemic signs and disorders
Neurologic symptoms
Onset new or changed & patient
Positional provocation, Precipitated
Serotonin Syndrome Drug Precipitants and Pharmacology
↑ Serotonin Formation: Tryptophan, Oxitriptan
↑ Serotonin Release: Amphetamines, Cocaine, Mirtazapine
↑ Serotonin
Syndrome Drug Precipitants ... diagnosis #drug #Precipitants