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Approach to Gout
Diagnosis: r/o septic arthritis! Needle-shaped, negative birefringent crystals
Treatment:
 • Weight loss, diet, d/c culprit
treatmentChronic ... Lowering Therapy (ULT ... #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #ULT ... #rheumatology
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
 • Epidemiology: 10-180/100,000, Typically Age 20-40, F:M
Diagnosis and Management ... Manifestations: Malar ... life-threatening • Treatment ... : Chronic disease ... #Summary #rheumatology
Drug Induced Lupus vs SLE
Drug Induced Lupus (DIL):
 • Epidemiology: -10% of all lupus cases, drug-dependent,
Usual therapeutic management ... : Chronic disease ... #comparison #table ... #rheumatology # ... diagnosis #management
Adult-Onset Still's Disease (AOSD)
Rare inflammatory disorder of unknown etiology, difficult to diagnose because of heterogenous presentation.
Must rule out other ... fever, CRP, AST+ALT ... Disease #AOSD #rheumatology ... #diagnosis #management ... #treatment
Heparin Induced Thrombocytopenia (HIT) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Presentation: 
 • Plts ↓50% (nadir
heparin-PF4 complex → plt ... hypercoagulable state and plt ... Confirmatory test ↑Se ... Check out https: ... #Treatment #Hematology
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
Non-autoimmune rheumatologic ... Serositis: • Pleural/pericardial ... Photosensitivity • Malar ... lymphopenia, low PLT ... with Lupus: • Chronic