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Clinical Features of Systemic Lupus (SLE)
General: Fever (50%), Depression, Fatigue (75%), Weight loss (50%)
Eye: Sjögrens (15%)
Skin
Lupus (SLE) General ... Restrictive lung defect ... Thrombocytopenia #Lupus #SLE ... #signs #symptoms ... #diagnosis #rheumatology
Glaucoma - Emergency Department Management
- All patients should get emergency ophthalmologic consultation
- Start with eye drops
with eye drops (see ... add systemic medications ... or refractory symptoms ... is < 40 mmHg #Pharmacology ... #Table
Drug Induced Lupus vs SLE
Drug Induced Lupus (DIL):
 • Epidemiology: -10% of all lupus cases, drug-dependent,
Constitutional symptoms ... months to years) Systemic ... • Evolution: Chronic ... #comparison #table ... #rheumatology #
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia - Summary

Cancer affecting lymphocytes/Mature B cell neoplasm
 • Lymphocytes accumulate in large numbers
Chronic Lymphocytic ... rendering the immune system ... • M > F • Affects ... with no early symptoms ... Physical Exam/Signs
Sedative-Hypnotic Drugs
Benzodiazepines:
 - Bind to specific GABAA receptor subunits at central nervous system (CNS) neuronal synapses
central nervous system ... or withdrawal symptoms ... Hypnotic #Drugs #medications ... #pharmacology # ... comparison #table
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
SLE (Systemic Lupus ... Non-autoimmune rheumatologic ... Induced Lupus: • Symptoms ... with Lupus: • Chronic ... activation and/or medications
First Generation Anti-Psychotics: Mechanisms and Side Effects
Typical/Conventional Anti-Psychotics - Examples: Haloperidol, Chlorpromazine

ACh M1 antagonist - Block
Mechanisms and Side Effects ... VTA -> limbic system ... Extrapyramidal Symptoms ... limbs caused by chronic ... #SideEffects #pharmacology
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
Behçet's Syndrome Systemic ... Oral aphthae : SLE ... Recurrent and chronic ... diagnosis #management #signs ... #symptoms #rheumatology
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
diseases, such as SLE ... Symptoms (SX) in ... purpura: Strong sign ... Eosinophilia, asthma, chronic ... Differential #Diagnosis #Rheumatology
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
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Eosinophilia, asthma, chronic ... Symptoms (Sx) in ... purpura: strong sign ... vasculitis, and SLE ... differential #diagnosis #rheumatology