Open Access Medical Education
Committed to sharing Internal Medicine focused lectures as free open access medical education.
Dr. David Armstrong presents Seronegative Spondyloarthropathies and emphasizes these take home points:
- HLA-B27 does not diagnose SNSAs
- Inflammatory back pain improves with exercise
- Red eye with decreased visual acuity needs slit lamp
- Nail pitting correlates with psoriatic arthritis
- NSAIDs help everything except enteropathic arthritis
Dr. Anthony Fernandez presents "Update in Assessment and Treatment of Patients with Psoriasis Vulgaris" by first reviewing the general features of psoriasis vulgaris. He then discusses the systemic inflammatory nature of psoriasis and select comorbid diseases, and the key aspects of clinical assessment of patients. After, he provides an update in treatment options for moderate-to-severe psoriasis.
Read MoreIn this presentation, Dr. Lyn Shue presents Polymyalgia, Polymyositis, and Fibromyalgia by discussing pathophysioloy, site, weakness, pain, lab and Rx. She does this though the use of scans and medical illustrations. She also discusses treatment approaches, diagnostic approaches, and management.
Read MoreIn this lecture, Dr. Moore presents Vasculitis. He begins by giving a broad and simple definition of vasculitis before moving on to different cases. He then goes on to discuss various types of vasculitis from large-vessel vasculitis to small-vessel vasculitis.
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