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REBEL Review 54: Thromboelastogram (TEG) Interpretation

R Time - Time to start forming clot 
K Time -
Thromboelastogram (TEG) Interpretation ... thromboelastogram #TEG #hematology ... #interpretation ... #diagnosis #components ... #thromboelastography
Treatment of Non-hepatitis C virus Cryoglobulinemia Vasculitis - French Vasculitis Study Group

MONOCLONAL CRYOGLOBULINEMIA (TYPE 1) 
IgM
Cryoglobulinemia Vasculitis ... - French Vasculitis ... IgM monoclonal component ... IgG monoclonal component ... #Management #Rheumatology
Non-HCV infectious mixed cryoglobulinemia vasculitis - Diagnosis, causes and management - French Vasculitis Study Group

< 5%
Diagnosis, causes and management ... - French Vasculitis ... manifestations - Skin ... #Rheumatology # ... Cryoglobulinemic #Diagnosis #Management
THROMBOELASTOGRAPHY (TEG)
General Principle
• A small cuvette is rotated to simulate sluggish venous flow and stimulate clot
THROMBOELASTOGRAPHY ... Thromboelastogram #Thromboelastography ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #CriticalCare #Hematology ... #Interpretation
Renal involvement in 35% of mixed cryoglobulinemia vasculitis 
Associated with : 
 • Absence of skin
cryoglobulinemia vasculitis ... • Absence of skin ... Cryoglobulinemia #Vasculitis ... #Management #Rheumatology
Paraproteinemias

Entities That Can Feature A Monoclonal Protein/M Component:
• MM
• WM
• MGUS
• MGCS
• MGRS
• Splenic Marginal Zone
Monoclonal Protein/M Component ... Alpha & Mu) Skin ... myeloma↑VEGF+M component ... thrombosis+Pulm HTN+skin ... Paraproteinemias #Hematology
Thromboelastogram (TEG) Interpretation
 • R-time (R) - Time to first deviation from baseline
 • K-time (K)
Thromboelastogram (TEG) Interpretation ... Thromboelastogram #TEG #thromboelastography ... #Interpretation ... #diagnosis #management ... #hematology #coagulopathy
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
, small-vessel vasculitis ... response to local skin ... test (this is a skin ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management ... signs #symptoms #rheumatology
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
systemic inflammatory vasculitis ... differential diagnosis = vasculitis ... required due to skip ... them, but urgent rheumatology ... Symptoms #Diagnosis #Management
IGG-4 RELATED DISEASE

WHAT?
 • A chronic, immune-mediated fibroinflammatory disease with tumefactive infiltration of IgG4+ plasma cells
aortitis, mimics vasculitis ... prostate, breast, skin ... mimics excluded MANAGEMENT ... IGG4 #Diagnosis #Management ... #Rheumatology