3 results
Assessment of Chest Tube Drains
Stepwise assessment of Chest Tube Function
TUBE POSITIONING
 • Look at the CXR:
is within the pleura ... transducing the pleural ... pneumothorax • 24-28 Fr tension ... pneumothorax • 28-32 Fr hemothorax ... being on water sear
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview

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

Autoimmune exocrinopathy multisystemic disease
Xerotrachea • NSIP: Pleural ... thickening or effusion ... phenomenon (16%) MSK ... Symptomatic: artificial tears ... Sjogrens #Syndrome #Rheumatology
Gout - Diagnosis and Management Summary

3 Conditions for Gout to Manifest:
1. Hyperuricemia
2. Monosodium urate deposition in
extensor elbows, Achilles ... tendon, fingers ... not possible • Ultrasound ... 2 attacks in a year ... management #treatment #rheumatology