Browsing by Subject "gout"

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    Chemotherapy-Related Tumour Lysis Syndrome
    (Association of Kenya Physicians, 2007) Busakhala, N. W.; Association of Kenya Physicians Scientific Conference (11th : Mar. 2007 : Eldoret, Kenya)
    Two types of tumour lysis syndrome (TLS) ; 1. Laboratory TLS: 25% increase in potassium, phosphate and uric acid, or decline in calcium from baseline. Occur within 4 days of initiating chemotherapy. Patients on standard of care. Minimum of two out of four criteria. 2. Clinical tumour lysis syndrome: Laboratory TLS plus renal failure, cardiac arrhythmias or sudden death. A new definition has been suggested by Cairo and Bishop to include values above upper limit of normal. Study used Hande and Garrow definition.
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    DD of Arthritis
    (Association of Kenya Physicians, 2007) Association of Kenya Physicians Scientific Conference (11th : Mar. 2007 : Eldoret, Kenya)
    Patient with Musculo-skeletal Complaints -Summary 1.Soft Tissue Rheumatism or Arthritis 2.Arthritis –Monoarticular-Crystals, Gout-Infective –acute –G+ve –ve-Chronic –Koch'sPolyarticular-:-(Asymmetrical)SSA -Reiter's, Reactive AS Psoriasis(Symetrical):-RA, SLE, DM. PM, Scleroderma APS, Vasculitis 3.Extraarticular features… 4.Laboratory, Imaging workup : DIAGNOSIS
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    Does Colchicine Improve Pain in an Acute Gout Flare?
    (Elsevier, 2015-09) Turner, Joseph; Cooper, Dylan; Department of Emergency Medicine, IU School of Medicine
    Low-quality evidence suggests that both high- and low-dose colchicine decreases pain in acute gout flares; however, high-dose regimens are associated with more frequent adverse effects.