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2021 ACR/VF Guidelines for Management of Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA)

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Management of Giant ... Cell Arteritis (GCA ... ) #GiantCell #Arteritis ... #GCA #ACR2021 # ... Management #rheumatology
Giant Cell (Temporal) Arteritis

Dr. Ann Marie Kumfer @AnnKumfer

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Giant Cell (Temporal ... @AnnKumfer #GiantCell ... Diagnosis #Management #GCA ... #rheumatology
Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA) - Vasculitis Management Algorithm - ACR/VF 2021 Guidelines
 • Visual Symptoms/Loss or
Giant Cell Arteritis ... (GCA) - Vasculitis ... Without Visual Symptoms ... @MithuRheum #GiantCell ... Guidelines #algorithm #rheumatology
Clinical Disease Characteristics and Suggested Algorithm for Diagnostic Evaluation of Patients With Symptoms of Polymyalgia Rheumatica

#Diagnosis
Patients With Symptoms ... #Diagnosis #Rheumatology ... #Algorithm #GCA ... Polymyalgia #Rheumatica #GiantCell
Giant Cell (Temporal) Arteritis: Pathogenesis and investigations
Risk Factors:
 - Unclear environmental triggers (may be viral, not
expression - Age: GCA ... old; F>M Signs/Symptoms ... - Normocytic Anemia ... neurological findings #GiantCell ... Diagnosis #Signs #Symptoms
Temporal (Giant cell) Arteritis 
Risk Factors:
 • Age (almost never occurs before age 50) 
Clinical:
 •
Temporal (Giant ... Constitutional symptoms ... #Temporal #GiantCell ... Arteritis #Diagnosis #Rheumatology
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
(GCA) Giant cell ... complaints- anemia ... them, but urgent rheumatology ... #GiantCell #arteritis ... #Signs #Symptoms
Anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (AION) - Recognition of giant cell arteritis (GCA)

1) Is visual loss caused
Recognition of giant ... 2) Typical symptoms ... • Cephalic symptoms ... Constitutional symptoms ... #Rheumatology #
Treatment of giant cell arteritis (GCA)

1st Line Strategy - GC 0.7 mg/kg/day, except for:
 • Aortitis
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Clinical Features of Systemic Lupus (SLE)
General: Fever (50%), Depression, Fatigue (75%), Weight loss (50%)
Eye: Sjögrens (15%)
Skin
Clinical Features of Systemic ... joints Nervous system ... ) Blood (75%): Anemia ... erythematosus #signs #symptoms ... #diagnosis #rheumatology