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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 ... Gout Colchicine ... #Gout #Medications ... #Treatment #Management ... #AAFP #Rheumatology
Approach to Gout
Diagnosis: r/o septic arthritis! Needle-shaped, negative birefringent crystals
Treatment:
 • Weight loss, diet, d/c culprit
diet, d/c culprit medications ... Colchicine: Acute and chronic ... treatment • Chronic ... #diagnosis #management ... treatment #ULT #rheumatology
Here is a quick guide on the common direct-acting antivirals (DAAs) for chronic hepatitis C virus
antivirals (DAAs) for chronic ... C virus (HCV) infection ... DAAs #Antivirals #table ... treatment #hcv #medications ... HepC #HepatitisC #Management
Approach to Thrombocytosis - Elevated Platelet Count - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Peripheral Smear concerning for malignancy?
Inflammatory Conditions: Rheumatologic ... Kawasaki, Nephrotic syndrome ... • Reaction to Medications ... TPO, TPO-RA • Infections ... : Chronic infections
Algorithm for the Evaluation of Chronic Diarrhea (< 7 days)
Exclude:
1. Causes of acute diarrhea
2. Lactose intolerance
3.
Evaluation of Chronic ... Parasitic infections ... Medications 7. ... 1000 g/24 h) #Chronic ... #Diarrhea #management
Gout - Diagnosis and Management Summary

3 Conditions for Gout to Manifest:
1. Hyperuricemia
2. Monosodium urate deposition in
and Management ... sex • Metabolic syndrome ... • Medications ... Diagnose concomitant infection ... #treatment #rheumatology
Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID)

What?
CVID: Immunodeficiency disorder with hypogammaglobulinemia -> increased infection risk secondary to impaired B-cell
Autoimmunity • Chronic ... : • Nephrotic syndrome ... Malignancies • Chronic ... syndrome, HIV) ... #diagnosis #management
CPPD vs Gout

== CPPD == 

Think About CPPD When:
 • Self-limited synovitis after surgery/trauma (> 65
Chronic CPP Crystal ... diagnose concomitant infection ... • Metabolic syndrome ... • Medications ... #Comparison #rheumatology
Adult-Onset Still's Disease (AOSD)
Rare inflammatory disorder of unknown etiology, difficult to diagnose because of heterogenous presentation.
Must rule out other ... susceptibility, infectious ... arthritis and chronic ... Disease #AOSD #rheumatology ... #diagnosis #management
Compelling and Possible Contraindications to Antihypertensive Drugs
Diuretics (thiazides)
 - Gout
 - Metabolic syndrome, Glucose intolerance, Pregnancy,
thiazides) - Gout ... - Metabolic syndrome ... - Metabolic syndrome ... active patients, Chronic ... contraindications #table