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Uric Acid Homeostasis
In the liver, purines are metabolized to uric acid. The last step in purine
Uricase is not present ... The gout drug pegloticase ... #Homeostasis #Gout ... #Pathophysiology ... #Medications #Management
Talar Gout on POCUS

Got the gouch! Talus shown with erosion, overhanging edge, and hyperemia at eroded
Talar Gout on POCUS ... Got the gouch ... Tap + MSU crystals ... #Talar #Talus #Gout ... #POCUS #MSK #Clinical
Approach to Gout
Diagnosis: r/o septic arthritis! Needle-shaped, negative birefringent crystals
Treatment:
 • Weight loss, diet, d/c culprit
Approach to Gout ... • Chronic - Urate ... flares/year 2) Gouty ... NUIM_Chiefs #gout ... #diagnosis #management
U/S - Is the shoulder IN or OUT?

Top Clip: IN (No Dislocation)
Bottom Clip: OUT (Anterior Dislocation!)
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shoulder IN or OUT ... ) Bottom Clip: OUT ... EM_RESUS #Clinical #POCUS ... #MSK #Shoulder
Posterior Shoulder Dislocation on POCUS

The team wasn't sure if shoulder had been reduced. Rather than send
Dislocation on POCUS ... Rather than send out ... #Dislocation #POCUS ... clinical #ultrasound #MSK
POCUS - Regional Anesthesia - Trunk Local Nerve Block

 - Thoracic Paravertebral
 - Erector Spinae
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POCUS - Regional ... Spinae - Pecs - Breast ... Abdominis Plane #Management ... Nerve #Blocks #POCUS
Disc Herniations - Pathogenesis and Complications
• 90% of Lumbar disc herniations happen at L4/5 and L5/S1
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pulposus extrudes out ... complications #msk ... #pathophysiology
CPPD vs Gout

== CPPD == 

Think About CPPD When:
 • Self-limited synovitis after surgery/trauma (> 65
CPPD vs Gout ... disease states Pathophysiology ... Monosodium urate ... predominance • Urate ... infection Serum Urate
An Algorithm for the Management of Seizures

The management of active seizures is algorithmic, starting with a
Algorithm for the Management ... Seizures The management ... and bag-valve mask ... The focus is on ... Seizure #Algorithm #Management
This is how to do a time-based N95 reuse strategy safely.  place a label with
time-based N95 reuse ... date that the mask ... infectiousdiseases #N95 #management