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Guidelines for Perioperative Management of Antirheumatic Medication in Patients with Rheumatic Diseases Undergoing Elective Total Hip
Antirheumatic Medication ... with Rheumatic Diseases ... MithuRheum #rheumatology ... guidelines #management #autoimmune ... #pharmacology #table
Suspected Celiac Disease - Diagnosis Algorithm

Celiac disease suspected:
 • Signs and symptoms of celiac disease
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• Signs and symptoms ... unresponsive to treatment ... Individuals with autoimmune ... • Autoimmune ... • CVID • Medications
Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia (AIHA) - Differential Diagnosis Table

Warm AIHA (48-70%)
Cold AHA (16-32%)
 • Donath-Landsteiner HA (paroxysmal
Autoimmune Hemolytic ... Differential Diagnosis Table ... Cold Agglutinin Disease ... MatthewHoMD #Autoimmune ... #hematology
Summary of Coagulation Deficiencies
Inherited:
 • Hemophilia A - Deficiency of Factor VIII
 • Hemophilia B -
Anticoagulant Medications ... Advanced Liver Disease ... Viral hepatitis, Autoimmune ... - Malignancy, Autoimmune ... Deficiencies #Summary #table
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) - Summary
Overview: 
 • Most common leukemia in adults
 • Disorder of
chemotherapy for low-risk disease ... • Indications ... for Treatment: ... Constitutional symptoms ... Leukemia #oncology #hematology
Autoantibodies and their Disease Associations
ANA - Non-specific; common in SLE, autoimmune hepatitis
Anti-CCP, Rheumatoid factor - RA
Anti-dsDNA
Autoantibodies and their Disease ... common in SLE, autoimmune ... microsomal) - Autoimmune ... #diagnosis #table ... #rheumatology #
Cold Urticaria
Prevalence - 0.05% in the population
Disease onset - Mostly 2nd to 4th decades of life
Causes
Autoimmune diseases ... and duration of symptoms ... angioedema Other symptoms ... Urticaria #diagnosis #rheumatology ... #comparison #table
Managing warfarin INR

Warfarin dosage must be individualized according to the patient's response to the drug, and
For most indications ... #pharmacology #treatment ... #medications #table ... decisionaid #cardiology #hematology
Assessment of the Child with Chronic Asthma
Are there other allergic disorders?
 - Allergic rhinitis
 - Eczema,
Sputum - Finger clubbing ... and frequency of symptoms ... preventer and reliever medication ... rhinitis needing treatment
BEE Syndromes - Immune-mediated conditions affecting the brain, eye, and ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in conjunction
Visual or auditory symptoms ... conjunction with symptoms ... and less common diseases ... an underlying autoimmune ... diagnosis and treatment