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Disseminated Gonococcal Infection - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Bacteremic spread of the Gram-negative diplococci Neisseria gonorrhoeae. History
Diagnosis and Management ... the preferred test ... the workup • Test ... Distal joints, knees ... , wrists, ankles
Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS)
Classified among the secondary or acquired forms of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (sHLH)

What?
A subset of
(MAS) Classified ... Liver function tests ... Plasma exchange #MAS ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Hematology #Rheumatology
Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MD) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
myelo (marrow) -dys- (abnormal) -plastic (shape) = funny-shaped cells
Myelodysplastic Syndrome ... Diagnosis and Management ... Myelodysplastic #Syndrome ... #MDS #Diagnosis ... #hematology #oncology
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus - Summary
Antinuclear (ANA) - 95% - Initial screening test
Anti-dsDNA - 50%
 • Associated
Initial screening test ... block • Sjogren syndrome ... polymyositis overlap syndrome ... Summary #diagnosis #rheumatology ... #management
Thrombocytopenia and Pregnancy - TTP/HUS, HELLP Syndrome and Acute Fatty Liver of Pregnancy (AFLP)
Three syndromes in
TTP/HUS, HELLP Syndrome ... Pregnancy (AFLP) Three syndromes ... Elevated Liver tests ... * Severe cases may ... AFLP #obstetrics #hematology
Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Clinical features - Classic triad (flank pain, hematuria,
Diagnosis and Management ... abdominal renal mass ... palpable renal mass ... Budd Chiari syndrome ... express Laboratory tests
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
Positive pathergy test ... is a skin prick test ... Reactive Arthritis, AS ... #diagnosis #management ... signs #symptoms #rheumatology
ISCHEMIA Trial - Management Algorithm for patients with Stable Angina

Stress Test -> ? +moderate or severe
ISCHEMIA Trial - Management ... Angina Stress Test ... Since this may be ... acute coronary syndrome ... evaluation or management
CPPD vs Gout

== CPPD == 

Think About CPPD When:
 • Self-limited synovitis after surgery/trauma (> 65
joints (shoulders, wrists ... • Metabolic syndrome ... forefoot, ankles, knees ... , fingers, wrist ... Gout #Comparison #rheumatology
The Neurological Evaluation of a Comatose Patient

Definition:
 • Coma: a state of unresponsiveness; the absence of
Unresponsive wakefulness syndrome ... • Locked-in syndrome ... of meningoism (may ... Arms extended; wrists ... from the body; wrists