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Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis ... granulomas within the lungs ... Extrapulmonary: ankle ... abnormal LFT): 12 ... polyarthritis(symmetrical, ankles
Etiologies of Vitamin B12 Deficiency
 • Inadequate intake - Rare but seen in very strict vegans
insufficiency, blind ... loops syndromes ... Diphyllobothrium latum ... #differential #diagnosis ... #hematology #nutrition
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview

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

Autoimmune exocrinopathy multisystemic disease
Diagnosis: • Dry ... Cryoglobulinemia (4%-12% ... MALT Lymphoma • Lung ... Biologic: 2nd or 3rd line ... #Rheumatology #
Gout - Diagnosis and Management Summary

3 Conditions for Gout to Manifest:
1. Hyperuricemia
2. Monosodium urate deposition in
sex • Metabolic syndrome ... include forefoot, ankles ... Nocturnal onset → Peak 12 ... Therapy • First-line ... management #treatment #rheumatology
Abdominal Compartment Syndrome & Intrabdominal Pressure Measurement
APP (Abdominal Perfusion Pressure) = MAP (Mean Arterial Pressure) -
(IAH) is IAP (>12 ... CO) and impedes lung ... POCUS) and function ... the mid-axillary line ... #Instructions #diagnosis
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
Rheumatologic ... duration is 6 to 12 ... fumigatus, A. flavus ... change in the lungs ... nails, bronchi, lungs