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Septic Arthritis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Clinical Exam: hot, swollen, pain with passive AND active ROM
Septic Arthritis ... Diagnosis and Management ... Workup: arthrocentesis ... count, and crystal evaluation ... MH/CCF/CWRU EM
Approach to Gout
Diagnosis: r/o septic arthritis! Needle-shaped, negative birefringent crystals
Treatment:
 • Weight loss, diet, d/c culprit
Diagnosis: r/o septic ... arthritis! ... medications • Acute ... and chronic treatment ... gout #diagnosis #management
Drug Induced Lupus vs SLE
Drug Induced Lupus (DIL):
 • Epidemiology: -10% of all lupus cases, drug-dependent,
Constitutional symptoms, Arthritis ... • Immunologic Workup ... • Immunologic Workup ... Usual therapeutic management ... : Chronic disease
Rheumatology Workup - Laboratories Studies in Rheumatic Diseases

• Septic arthritis - Gram stain and culture of
Rheumatology Workup ... Diseases • Septic ... the presence of anemia ... Screening Tests for Acute ... Screening Tests for Chronic
Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) Diagnosis and Management Summary

WHAT?
 • Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) is a common systemic inflammatory
Diagnosis and Management ... presents with an acute ... for giant cell arteritis ... • Normocytic anemia ... for PMR is a chronic
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
presents with acute ... Isolated fever • Septic ... • Meningitis, septic ... arthritis, and ... Fungal #Diagnosis #Management