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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 ... Geriatrics #Diagnosis #Differential
Causes of Urinary Incontinence - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 - Transient - Easily reversible cause (DIAPPERS)
Incontinence - Differential ... Small Volume, Precipitated ... leakage of urine, Precipitated ... volume leakage +/- Precipitated ... #Incontinence #Differential
SNOOP mnemonic may catch potentially life-threatening headaches
Systemic signs and disorders
Neurologic symptoms
Onset new or changed & patient
Positional provocation, Precipitated ... mnemonic #headaches #Differential
Serotonin Syndrome Drug Precipitants and Pharmacology
↑ Serotonin Formation: Tryptophan, Oxitriptan
↑ Serotonin Release: Amphetamines, Cocaine, Mirtazapine
↑ Serotonin
Syndrome Drug Precipitants ... medications #causes #differential ... diagnosis #drug #Precipitants
Pathogens in Pneumonia

Here is a quick review of the pathogens causing pneumonia (useful for enumerating differentials
for enumerating differentials ... H. influenzae (COPD ... Pseudomonas — COPD ... Legionella spp (COPD ... Pathogens #Pneumonia #Differential
FIGURE 3. KERATIC PRECIPITATES. COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA COMMONS AND JONATHAN TROBE, MD.

In addition to a good
KERATIC PRECIPITATES ... Keratic precipitates ... SlitLamp #Keratic #Precipitates
Seronegative Inflammatory Arthritis - Differential Diagnosis
 • Seronegative Rheumatoid Arthritis 
 • Infectious Arthritis: Viral, Bacterial,
Inflammatory Arthritis - Differential ... Arthropathy: Gout, CPPD ... #arthritides #Differential
Acute Hypoxemia - Differential Diagnosis
 • Hyperacute: Aspiration, Flash Pulmonary Edema, Mucous Plugging, Bronchospasm, Pulmonary Embolism,
Acute Hypoxemia - Differential ... pHTN, Advanced COPD ... Disease: Asthma, COPD ... Hypoxemia #hypoxia #Differential
Torsades de Pointes
• "Twisting of the pointes" 
• QRS axis swings from positive to negative direction
focus • Usually precipitated ... Methadone • Also precipitated