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Rheumatoid Arthritis Summary
MCP and PIP Involvement, Spares DIP, Carpal Tunnel, Sicca Syndrome, Epi/Scleritis, Heart Disease, Rheumatoid
Rheumatoid Arthritis Summary ... Tunnel, Sicca Syndrome ... Rheumatoid Nodules, Pulmonary ... Disease and ILD ... RA #diagnosis #rheumatology
Interstitial Lung Diseases (ILD)
Exposure-Related ILD (a.k.a. extrinsic allergic alveolitis): 
 • Hypersensitivity pneumonitis, Farmer's lung, Bird
• Idiopathic pulmonary ... fibrosis (IPF), ... Churg Strauss syndrome ... Acute, Chronic • Pulmonary ... #differential #pulmonary
Approach to Thrombocytosis - Elevated Platelet Count - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Peripheral Smear concerning for malignancy?
→ Refer to hematology ... Rebound effect from treatment ... , Celiac disease ... Kawasaki, Nephrotic syndrome ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #hematology
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus - Summary
Antinuclear (ANA) - 95% - Initial screening test
Anti-dsDNA - 50%
 • Associated
Erythematosus - Summary ... block • Sjogren syndrome ... Treatment: • ... Mild disease- Hydroxychloroquine ... #diagnosis #rheumatology
Connective tissue disease-associated interstitial lung diseases

LIP: lymphoid interstitial pneumonia. NSIP: nonspecific interstitial pneumonia. OP: organizing pneumonia.
interstitial lung diseases ... PSS: Sjogren syndrome ... ConnectiveTissueDiseases #ILD ... Comparison #Table #Pulmonary ... #Rheumatology #
Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MD) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
myelo (marrow) -dys- (abnormal) -plastic (shape) = funny-shaped cells
Myelodysplastic Syndrome ... and Management Summary ... diagnosis: 70 years old ... only curative treatment ... #hematology #oncology
Systemic Sclerosis Associated Autoantibodies
Anti-topoisomerase I (anti-Sc170): Diffuse skin disease, Pulmonary fibrosis
Anti-centromere: Limited skin disease (~93-95%), Pulmonary
: Diffuse skin disease ... , Pulmonary fibrosis ... : Limited skin disease ... (~93-95%), Pulmonary ... Autoantibodies #diagnosis #rheumatology
Causes of Thrombocytosis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Spurious:
 • Artifact (redo CBC)
Autonomous:
 • Essential thrombocytosis
 • Polycythemia
Inflammatory: • IBD ... disorders • Celiac disease ... Non malignant hematologic ... effect following treatment ... Algorithm #Causes #Hematology
Classification of Vasculitis 
Vasculitis of large vessels 
 - Arteritis temporalis (giant-cell arteritis) 
 - Takayasu
retroperitoneal fibrosis ... Churg-Strauss syndrome ... - Schnitzler syndrome ... - Sjögren syndrome ... Vessels #Diagnosis #Rheumatology
Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Dyspnea:
 • Myocardium:
	- Heart failure
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
 • Electrical:
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- Tamponade Pulmonary ... • Parenchyma: ILD ... Hepatopulmonary syndrome ... Transverse myelitis • Hematology ... diagnosis #causes #pulmonary