Rheumatology
- Tietze syndrome = pain of 2nd costochondral joint
- Gout = -ve birefringence = urate crystals
- Psuedogout = +ve birefringence = calcium pyrophosphate crystals
Pharmacology
- Gout: Colchicine = acute, Allopurinol = chronic mx (do not give allopurinol on acute: will worsen)
- Methotrexate sefx:
- H air loss
- I mmunosuppresion
- L iver toxicity
- P ulmonary fibrosis