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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 ... • Chronic - Urate ... When to start Urate ... Radiographic Damage 4) Urate ... NUIM_Chiefs #gout #diagnosis
Gout - Diagnosis and Management Summary

3 Conditions for Gout to Manifest:
1. Hyperuricemia
2. Monosodium urate deposition in
Gout - Diagnosis ... Monosodium urate ... and culture • Diagnose ... : • Uncertain diagnosis ... mg/dL #Gout #diagnosis
Serum Uric Acid Levels - Primary vs Secondary Gout .Often the serum urate level is higher
Often the serum urate ... primary gout #Diagnosis
CPPD vs Gout

== CPPD == 

Think About CPPD When:
 • Self-limited synovitis after surgery/trauma (> 65
culture used to diagnose ... Monosodium urate ... predominance • Urate ... infection Serum Urate ... #rheumatology #Diagnosis
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Acute increase
- Differential Diagnosis ... multiple myeloma) • Urate ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Medications to Avoid in Patients with G6PD Deficiency Due to Risk of Hemolysis
 - Chloroquine (Aralen)*
- Recombinate Urate-Oxidase ... - Recombinate Urate-Oxidase ... #Differential #Diagnosis
American College of Rheumatology Diagnostic Criteria for Gout
Presence of characteristic urate crystals in the joint fluid
of Rheumatology Diagnostic ... characteristic urate ... proven to contain urate ... gout #criteria #diagnosis
Causes of Hyperkalemia - Intercellular Shift - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Transcellular Shift - Appropriate renal excretion (GFR,
- Differential Diagnosis ... Osmoles, Increased Urate ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Approach to Joint Pain

History:
Is the pain from:
	• Joint
	• Adjacent bursa
	• Tendon
	• Ligament
	• Bone
	• Muscle
	• Referred from
• Monosodium urate ... #differential #diagnosis
Causes Abnormal Urine Color - Differential Diagnosis
Turbid White Urine (Albinuria):
 • Chyluria, Filariasis, Schistosomiasis, Malignancy, Phosphaturia,
- Differential Diagnosis ... Porphyrin tyrosinosis urates ... #Differential #Diagnosis