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Behcet's Syndrome - Treatment
Ulcers:
 • Treatment: Topical steroids
 • Prevention: Colchicine
 • Azathioprine for refractory disease
Arthritis:
Behcet's Syndrome ... : • Treatment: ... Skin manifestations ... #Syndrome #Treatment ... #management #pharmacology
Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids to treat infectious diseases
 - Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia
treat infectious diseases ... respiratory distress syndrome ... Corticosteroids #Adjuvant #InfectiousDiseases ... #Infections #Pharmacology ... #Management #Treatment
Adult-Onset Still's Disease
Clinical triad: Fever, Arthralgia/arthritis, Skin rash ± odynophagia
+ Biological inflammation: Increased neutrophils, Hyperferritinemia, decreased
Adult-Onset Still's Disease ... Arthralgia/arthritis, Skin ... fraction < 20% Differential ... hepatitis • Pulmonary ... diagnosis #management #treatment
Rapidly Growing Mycobacterial Infections

 • Mycobacterium abscessus - Is the most pathogenic and the most likely
likely to cause pulmonary ... underlying lung disease ... Primary skin and ... Mycobacterium #diagnosis #differential ... #infectiousdiseases
Small Vessel Vasculitides
 • Granulomatosis with polyangiitis - Granulomatous manifestations (e.g., nasal crusting, destructive sinusitis, pulmonary
destructive sinusitis, pulmonary ... Interstitial lung disease ... and Sjogren's syndrome ... in absence of skin ... Vasculitides #vasculitis #differential
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
response to local skin ... retinal damage) • Skin ... test (this is a skin ... ) Differential Diagnosis ... Arthritis, AS Treatment
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
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Vasculitides - Differential ... progressing GN • New pulmonary ... glomerulonephritis and/or pulmonary ... • Cogan Syndrome ... Differential
Shock - Differential Diagnosis Framework
 - MAP <65. SBP <90, drop in SBP > 40
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Shock - Differential ... , Severe Valve Disease ... • Obstructive: Pulmonary ... Abdominal compartment syndrome ... Dehydration Shock Treatment
Extra-articular and Other Conditions Associated with Joint Pain

Eyes
  • Iritis or uveitis - Spondyloarthropathies, Sarcoidosis,
GI - Felty syndrome ... Pulmonary ... Spondyloarthropathies, SLE • Pulmonary ... Scleroderma Thickened skin ... #joint #pain #differential
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
Skin & Soft ... Lady Windermere Syndrome ... : • Syndrome of ... NTM #Infections #differential ... #diagnosis #infectiousdiseases