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Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
 • Epidemiology: 10-180/100,000, Typically Age 20-40, F:M
(SLE) - Diagnosis ... Age 20-40, F:M 9:1 ... • Immunologic Workup ... Positive in 60-80% of cases ... Management #Summary #rheumatology
Drug Induced Lupus vs SLE
Drug Induced Lupus (DIL):
 • Epidemiology: -10% of all lupus cases, drug-dependent,
• Immunologic Workup ... Discontinuation of causal ... • Immunologic Workup ... #table #rheumatology ... #diagnosis #management
Intraoperative Bronchospasm - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

❶ Call for help and inform theatre team of
suspected → 3-1 ... suspected airway see ... Consider alternate diagnoses ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia ... #Management #Workup
Top 10 situations when to think about lupus
1) Inflammatory joint pain (especially in the wrists and
1) Inflammatory ... many differential diagnoses ... children (pediatric SLE ... #diagnosis #sle ... erythematosus #rheumatology
Increased Airway Pressure - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Using these steps from start to end should
Anaphylaxis → 3-1 ... o Aspiration, pulmonary ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia ... Intraoperative #Checklist #Diagnosis ... #Management #Workup
Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis (RPGN)
RPGN has three primary pathophysiologic causes differentiated by immunofluorescence

Immune Complex Mediated (granular staining):
pathophysiologic causes ... Post-strep GN, Lupus ... With associated pulmonary ... #differential #diagnosis ... #algorithm #rheumatology
Malignant Hyperthermia Crisis - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Unexplained increase in ETCO2 AND tachycardia AND increased
other, more common causes ... boluses 10 ml.kg-1 ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia ... Intraoperative #Checklist #Diagnosis ... #Management #Workup
ANA (Antinuclear Antibody) and ANCA (Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies)
 • Systemic lupus erythematosus
   1. Anti-dsDNA
) • Systemic lupus ... erythematosus 1. ... in drug-induced SLE ... Antineutrophil #antibodies #diagnosis ... #rheumatology #
Intraoperative Laryngospasm and Stridor - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

❶ Call for help and inform theatre
neuromuscular blocker (See ... Consider other causes ... negative-pressure pulmonary ... Intraoperative #Checklist #Diagnosis ... #Management #Workup
Cardiac Arrest - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

The probable cause is one or more of: something
compressions 100 min-1, ... • See Boxes B ... Anaphylaxis (→ 3-1) ... Intraoperative #Checklist #Diagnosis ... #Management #Workup