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Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
 • Epidemiology: 10-180/100,000, Typically Age 20-40, F:M
(SLE) - Diagnosis ... life-threatening • Treatment ... management of SLE • Evolution ... : Chronic disease ... Erythematosus #Diagnosis
Checklist for the Echocardiographic Evaluation of Pulmonary Hypertension
 • Record estimated PASP
 • Evaluate RV size
Echocardiographic Evaluation ... PH (left heart disease ... Differentiate PAH ... Echocardiography #diagnosis ... #cardiology #echocardiogram
Hypocalcemia Laboratory Evaluation

Serum levels of PTH, phosphorus, 25-hydroxyvitamin D, and 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D can help differentiate between
Hypocalcemia Laboratory Evaluation ... Serum levels of PTH ... Chronic kidney disease ... Hyperparathyroidism #Diagnosis
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus - Summary
Antinuclear (ANA) - 95% - Initial screening test
Anti-dsDNA - 50%
 • Associated
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus ... with more severe disease ... Treatment: • ... #Systemic #Lupus ... #SLE #Summary #diagnosis
Drug Induced Lupus vs SLE
Drug Induced Lupus (DIL):
 • Epidemiology: -10% of all lupus cases, drug-dependent,
constitutional symptoms • Treatment ... cutaneous-DIL • Evolution ... life-threatening • Treatment ... : Chronic disease ... #rheumatology #diagnosis
CNS Manifestations of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)

Clinical Manifestations: Demyelinating Syndrome, Headache, Movement disorders, Seizure disorders, Aseptic
Cerebrovascular Disease ... permeability Diagnosis ... Puncture, EEG Treatment ... rheumatology #cerebritis #diagnosis ... #management #treatment
BEE Syndromes - Immune-mediated conditions affecting the brain, eye, and ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in conjunction
and less common diseases ... important, as early diagnosis ... and treatment can ... syndrome • Systemic lupus ... #differential #diagnosis
Lyme Disease: Clinical diagnosis. Likely if recent hiking, travel to endemic area, erythema migrans (EM), an
Lyme Disease: Clinical ... diagnosis. ... an erythematous patch ... Treatment is doxycycline ... for disease involving
Listeriosis Summary - Listeria Monocytogenes
Pathogen: Listeria Monocytogenes - Gram-positive rod, Aerobic, facultative anaerobe, motile, beta-hemolytic, Non-spore-forming
Risk
Food: Cold cuts, pate ... CNS infection Diagnosis ... culture (Invasive disease ... Monocytogenes #diagnosis ... infectiousdiseases #treatment
Multifocal Atrial Tachycardia (MAT)
• At least 3 different P wave morphologies: 
• Rate 100-180
• Irregular 
Etiology
to chronic lung disease ... • Oxygen • Treatment ... Tachycardia #MAT #Cardiology ... #Diagnosis #ECG