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Rheumatoid Arthritis Summary
Overview: chronic, inflammatory symmetric polyarthritis involving small joints of hands/feet, knees, shoulders
Signs & Symptoms:
of hands/feet, knees ... marker Imaging: • XRay ... narrowing) • Ultrasound ... Diagnosis: CLINICAL ... #diagnosis #management
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
Differential Diagnosis ... ancestry, LGE on MRI ... Period • Breast-feeding ... support for patients clinically ... #treatment
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
Change in clinical ... - what is the bleeding ... Chest X-ray: ... medical and surgical management ... stratification #diagnosis
Gout - Diagnosis and Management Summary

3 Conditions for Gout to Manifest:
1. Hyperuricemia
2. Monosodium urate deposition in
and Management ... forefoot, ankles, knees ... frequent attacks • Arthritis ... not possible • Ultrasound ... #management #treatment
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview

Epidemiology:
• F > M: 9:1
• 5-6th Decades (can be any age)

Autoimmune exocrinopathy multisystemic disease
salivary ducts Clinical ... phenomenon (16%) MSK ... Arthralgia and Arthritis ... Adenocarcinoma Treatment ... #Management
Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis (LCH)

Granulomatous Lesions comprising langerin-positive histiocytes and an inflammatory infiltrate can arise in virtually
populations) CLINICAL ... DIAGNOSIS • Imaging ... X-rays, CT, or MRI ... TREATMENT OPTIONS ... #Management