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CPPD vs Gout

== CPPD == 

Think About CPPD When:
 • Self-limited synovitis after surgery/trauma (> 65
CPPD vs Gout ... onset of swelling, pain ... Chronic CPP Crystal ... • Metabolic syndrome ... • Medications
Algorithm for the Evaluation of Chronic Diarrhea (< 7 days)
Exclude:
1. Causes of acute diarrhea
2. Lactose intolerance
3.
Evaluation of Chronic ... Causes of acute ... Parasitic infections ... Medications 7. ... #Diarrhea #management
Erythemas Summarized
Erythema ab igne
 • A dermatosis that results from repeated exposure to heat (fires, heating
centrifugum • A chronic ... autoimmune conditions, medications ... cancers, including lung ... idiopathic, and medications ... Erythemas #comparison #table
Gout - Diagnosis and Management Summary

3 Conditions for Gout to Manifest:
1. Hyperuricemia
2. Monosodium urate deposition in
sex • Metabolic syndrome ... • Medications ... swelling, significant pain ... Diagnose concomitant infection ... dosage in CKD • Indications
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
inflammation causes ... weight • Chest pain ... obstruction • COPD ... in the adjacent lung ... of the affected lung
Compelling and Possible Contraindications to Antihypertensive Drugs
Diuretics (thiazides)
 - Gout
 - Metabolic syndrome, Glucose intolerance, Pregnancy,
thiazides) - Gout ... active patients, Chronic ... obstructive lung ... antihypertensive #medications ... contraindications #table
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
and Management ... polymicrobial infection ... • Most common cause ... pneumonia • Chronic ... Pleuritic chest pain
Atrial Fibrillation RVR - Medications
Diltiazem
 • Preferred in patients with chronic lung such as Asthma and
Fibrillation RVR - Medications ... lung such as Asthma ... Fibrillation #AFib #RVR #Medications ... #management #treatment ... #comparison #table
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
Diagnosis and Management ... granulomas within the lungs ... symptoms are not caused ... but stable or chronic ... Sarcoidosis #Diagnosis #Management
Causes of Unintentional Weight Loss - Differential Diagnosis
Malignancy 
 - Tumor effect* (esp. Gl, lung, lymphoma)
Causes of Unintentional ... Gl, lung, lymphoma ... Eating disorders Infections ... cardiac cachexia"), COPD ... pulmonary cachexia") Medications