This grand overview of granulomas will leave you comfortable tackling an often breathtaking disease, sarcoidosis. Listen as our esteemed guests Dr. Mary Beth Scholand (
University of Utah) and Dr. Jonathan Boltax (
University of Utah) rheum-inate on sarcoidosis. We discuss the pathophysiology, diagnosis, and treatment of this disease, role of the primary care clinician and why sarcoidosis in the chart reminds Paul of Shakespeare.
Credits
- Producer: Cyrus Askin MD and Deborah Gorth
- Writer: Deborah Gorth
- Infographic and Cover art: Edison Jyang
- Hosts: Stuart Brigham MD; Matthew Watto MD, FACP; Paul Williams MD, FACP
- Editor: Cyrus Askin MD (written materials); Clair Morgan of nodderly.com
- Guest: Drs. Mary Beth Scholand & Jonathan Boltax
Sponsor: ACP’s MKSAP
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Time Stamps
- 00:00 Intro, disclaimer, guest bio, Awful(ly good?) Pun
- 03:42 Guest one-liners
- 06:28 Sponsor - ACP’s MKSAP19
- 07:40 Case from Kashlak
- 08:40 Explaining sarcoidosis
- 12:19 Possible drivers of sarcoidosis
- 13:30 Taking a sarcoidosis history
- 17:26 Suggestions for catching sarcoidosis
- 21:44 Sponsor - birchliving.com/curb
- 23:52 Sarcoidosis physical exam, Diagnosis
- 33:00 Lofgren’s and Heerfordt’s syndromes; Imaging for sarcoidosis
- 40:44 Initiating therapy for sarcoidosis; Prognosis; the Treatment team
- 51:23 Primary care considerations for sarcoidosis
- 54:55 Diagnosing and treating a sarcoidosis exacerbation
- 61:20 Take home points and outro