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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 ... diet, d/c culprit medications ... 1) 2+ flares/year ... 2) Gouty tophi ... #diagnosis #management
Gout - Diagnosis and Management Summary

3 Conditions for Gout to Manifest:
1. Hyperuricemia
2. Monosodium urate deposition in
and Management ... sex • Metabolic syndrome ... forefoot, ankles, knees ... 2 attacks in a year ... #diagnosis #management
IDSA Recommendations for Preventing and Treating Disseminated Mycobacterium Avium Complex in HIV-AIDS
Preventing 1st Episode of Disseminated
IDSA Recommendations ... Prophylaxis): Indications ... AviumComplex #MAC #IDSA ... #Prevention #Treatment ... #management #opportunistic
IDSA - Approach to Treating a Patient With Diabetic Foot Osteomyelitis
When to consider a trial of
IDSA - Approach ... Persistent sepsis syndrome ... Infection #Resection #Indications ... #nonoperative #management ... #IDSA
Posterior Knee Dislocation Injury
Specifically, POSTERIOR KNEE DISLOCATIONS can have significant associated injury that needs unique approach
-->Cannot rule out ... Compartment syndrome ... consider compartment syndrome ... >> LINK TO ACL TEARS ... trauma/vascular/orthopedic
IDSA Recommendations for Treating Treponema pallidum Infections (Syphilis) to Prevent Disease in HIV-AIDS
Early Stage (Primary, Secondary,
IDSA Recommendations ... Late-Latent (>1 year ... examination to rule out ... Treponema #pallidum #IDSA ... #Prevention #Treatment