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Systemic Lupus Erythematosus - Summary
Antinuclear (ANA) - 95% - Initial screening test
Anti-dsDNA - 50%
 • Associated
Erythematosus - Summary ... Antinuclear (ANA ... severe disease & renal ... #rheumatology # ... management
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
 • Epidemiology: 10-180/100,000, Typically Age 20-40, F:M
Management Summary ... 40, F:M 9:1 • Clinical ... Workup: - ANA ... Usual therapeutic management ... #Summary #rheumatology
Hydroxychloroquine Serum Measurement in SLE
 • Terminal elimination half-life = 40 days ([HCQI reflects long-term intake)
Measurement in SLE ... Special cases (e.g. renal ... #rheumatology # ... pharmacology #levels ... #lupus #management
Toluene Poisoning - Diagnosis and Management Summary
What is it?  Volatile hydrocarbon, Glue or paint-sniffing, Occupational
Poisoning - Diagnosis and ... Management Summary ... lipid-soluble, Toxicity ... acute or chronic Clinical ... Toxicology #Diagnosis #Management
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
(Clinical Dx). ... Oral aphthae : SLE ... • Arthritis: SLE ... #diagnosis #management ... signs #symptoms #rheumatology
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis and Management Summary

Trauma:
 • Immobilization, Crush iniury, Compartment syndrome, Electrical injury
Exertional:
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Management Summary ... iniury, Compartment syndrome ... Neuroleptic malignant syndrome ... levels > 8mg/dL See ... #Summary #causes
Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS)
Classified among the secondary or acquired forms of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (sHLH)

What?
A subset of
Clinical Presentation ... Fever is the main clinical ... erythematosus [SLE ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Hematology #Rheumatology
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
) Suspect: Clinical ... findings (ANA, ... Non-autoimmune rheumatologic ... Clinical Features ... Erythematosus #Diagnosis #Rheumatology
Statin Induced Muscle Toxicity - Summary

Clinical Presentation:
 • Elevations of serum creatine kinase with proximal myalgia
Induced Muscle Toxicity ... - Summary Clinical ... erythematosus (SLE ... IU/I • SAMS clinical ... myopathy #diagnosis #management
CNS Manifestations of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)

Clinical Manifestations: Demyelinating Syndrome, Headache, Movement disorders, Seizure disorders, Aseptic
Erythematosus (SLE ... ) Clinical Manifestations ... Demyelinating Syndrome ... CNS #neurology #rheumatology ... cerebritis #diagnosis #management