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Scleritis, Episcleritis Pearls
-Scleritis is characterized by significant pain, pain with eye movement, vision loss, and vessels
movement, vision loss ... Episcleritis is typically less ... with no vision loss ... -Management of scleritis ... require acute treatment
Neuromodulators for Disorders of Gut Brain Interactions (DGBIs)
SSRIs - When anxiety, depression, and phobic features are
TCAs - First-line treatment ... Antidepressant - Treatment ... vomiting, weight loss ... sleep SNRls - Treatment ... #pharmacology #management
Kerion
Raised, boggy lesion with heaped up purulent nodules 
Caused by host's response to a fungal ringworm
Painful • Hair loss ... Lymphadenopathy Treatment ... Dermatology #Diagnosis #Management
Approach to Gout
Diagnosis: r/o septic arthritis! Needle-shaped, negative birefringent crystals
Treatment:
 • Weight loss, diet, d/c culprit
birefringent crystals Treatment ... : • Weight loss ... Acute and chronic treatment ... gout #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #ULT
Optic Neuritis - Diagnosis and Management
 • Epidemiology: Female (75%), 18-50 years,
caucasian
 • Symptoms: Moderate visual
Diagnosis and Management ... Moderate visual loss ... corticosteroids TREATMENT ... Neuritis #Diagnosis #Management ... #treatment #rheumatology
Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA) - Vasculitis Management Algorithm - ACR/VF 2021 Guidelines
 • Visual Symptoms/Loss or
) - Vasculitis Management ... Visual Symptoms/Loss ... Visual Symptoms/Loss ... GCA #Vasculitis #Management ... #Treatment #ACR2021
PCOS Treatment
1st line = weight loss
 • 5-10% weight loss can restore ovulatory cycles
 • Improvement
PCOS Treatment ... line = weight loss ... • 5-10% weight loss ... waxing #PCOS #Treatment ... #management #endocrinology
Hypotension in Anesthesiology - Differential Diagnosis and Management 

Initial checklist: 
 - Verify BP (e.g. surgeon
Diagnosis and Management ... ask about blood loss ... compression) Initial treatment ... Differential #Diagnosis #Management
Fever vs Hyperthermia
Fever:
 • Regulated in the hypothalamic thermoregulatory center
 • "Set point" raised by prostaglandin
production • Treatment ... evaporative heat loss ... preventing heat loss ... comparison #diagnosis #management ... #treatment
Relapsing Acute Severe Ulcerative Colitis - Management Algorithm
Loss of Response:
 • (Re)consult Colorectal Surgery
 • Assess
Ulcerative Colitis - Management ... Algorithm Loss ... up • Surgery ≠ Treatment ... #Colitis #UC #Management ... Algorithm #IBD #Treatment