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CPPD vs Gout

== CPPD == 

Think About CPPD When:
 • Self-limited synovitis after surgery/trauma (> 65
• Weakly positively ... • Gram stain, culture ... Gram stain and culture ... #Comparison #rheumatology ... #Diagnosis
Algorithm for the Evaluation of Acute Diarrhea (< 7 days)
Are the following present?
   1.
Evaluation of Acute ... Routine stool culture ... positive 2. ... management #algorithm #workup ... #diagnosis
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) - Diagnosis and Workup Summary
Use a positive diagnostic strategy with minimal testing.
and Workup Summary ... Use a positive ... Routine stool cultures ... calprotectin or fecal ... #workup #gastroenterology
Approach to Joint Pain - Diagnostic Framework

1) Chronicity
2) Inflammatory vs Non-Inflammatory
3) Number of Joints Involved

1) Chronicity:
to Joint Pain - Diagnostic ... for cell count, culture ... Joint #Pain #MSK #rheumatology ... #approach #workup ... #differential #diagnosis
Rheumatology Workup - Laboratories Studies in Rheumatic Diseases

• Septic arthritis - Gram stain and culture of
Rheumatology Workup ... Gram stain and culture ... synovial fluid • Gout ... urate crystals (gout ... Screening Tests for Acute
13 Dangerous Causes of Headache:
 - subarachnoid hemorrhage: family history, PCKD, known berry aneurysm, sudden and
head in dependent position ... at home or at work ... ) - acute angle ... preeclampsia: late pregnancy ... postpartum #Diagnosis
Gout - Diagnosis and Management Summary

3 Conditions for Gout to Manifest:
1. Hyperuricemia
2. Monosodium urate deposition in
Gout - Diagnosis ... frequent attacks • Arthritis ... Gram stain and culture ... : • Uncertain diagnosis ... #treatment #rheumatology
American College of Rheumatology Diagnostic Criteria for Gout
Presence of characteristic urate crystals in the joint fluid
American College of Rheumatology ... Diagnostic Criteria ... for Gout Presence ... - Culture of ... one attack of acute
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
presents with acute ... pulmonary symptoms • Rheumatologic ... to 12 weeks for acute ... Meningitis, septic arthritis ... infection have positive
Pseudogout Summary - Calcium Pyrophosphate Deposition Disease (CPPD)

Pathophysiology:
Pyrophosphate produced by chondrocytes likely precipitates with calcium to
shaped • Weakly positively ... • Gram stain, culture ... used to diagnose ... Deposition #Disease #Rheumatology ... #diagnosis #management