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Approach to Gout
Diagnosis: r/o septic arthritis! Needle-shaped, negative birefringent crystals
Treatment:
 • Weight loss, diet, d/c culprit
Approach to Gout ... Diagnosis: r/o septic arthritis ... medications • Acute ... • Colchicine: Acute ... #ULT #rheumatology
Medications for Treatment of Acute Gout
 - NSAIDs
 - Colchicine (Colcrys)
 - Corticosteroids
#Acute #Gout #Medications #Treatment
Medications for Treatment ... of Acute Gout ... Corticosteroids #Acute ... #Gout #Medications ... #AAFP #Rheumatology
Common Forms of Arthritis in the Hands

Acute Rheumatoid Arthritis 
Tender, painful, stiff joints in rheumatoid arthritis,
in the Hands Acute ... interphalangeal joints in acute ... seen in the acute ... Acute inflammation ... #Types #Rheumatology
CPPD vs Gout

== CPPD == 

Think About CPPD When:
 • Self-limited synovitis after surgery/trauma (> 65
resulting in an acute ... Acute CPP Crystal ... that leads to an acute ... Acute Intermittent ... Not helpful in acute
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
the time course (acute ... MONOARTHRITIS • Acute ... - Autoimmune Rheumatologic ... asymmetric pattern Acute ... Diagnosis #MSK #rheumatology
The Acute Care Opioid Table - For Emergency Providers

There are a hundred opioid tables out there,
The Acute Care Opioid ... opioid tables out ... made our own: The Acute ... #Pain #Dosing #Acute ... Management #Table #Pharmacology
Approach to Joint Pain - Diagnostic Framework

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

1) Chronicity:
Chronicity: • Acute ... infections (bacterial), acute ... Like in this case ... • Acute = Viral ... Joint #Pain #MSK #rheumatology
Adult-Onset Still's Disease (AOSD)
Rare inflammatory disorder of unknown etiology, difficult to diagnose because of heterogenous presentation.
Disease (AOSD) Rare ... Must rule out other ... low ferritin, arthritis ... NSAIDs, steroids (acutely ... Disease #AOSD #rheumatology
Behcet's Syndrome - Treatment
Ulcers:
 • Treatment: Topical steroids
 • Prevention: Colchicine
 • Azathioprine for refractory disease
Arthritis:
Behcet's Syndrome - Treatment ... Ulcers: • Treatment ... refractory disease Arthritis ... #management #pharmacology ... #rheumatology
Gout - Diagnosis and Management Summary

3 Conditions for Gout to Manifest:
1. Hyperuricemia
2. Monosodium urate deposition in
that leads to an acute ... Presentation: • Acute ... birefringent • Acute ... Not helpful in acute ... insufficient evidence) • Acute