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Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies (IIM's)

RASH + MUSCLE WEAKNESS → Consider idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM's)

 • Overlap Myositis
Inflammatory Myopathies (IIM's ... inflammatory myopathies (IIM's ... Inflammatory #Myopathies #IIMs
Antinuclear Antibody Testing - Nuclear and Cytoplasmic Patterns
Nuclear Patterns:
 • Homogeneous pattern: 
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SjS, CTD-ILD, IIM
Treatment of Wilson's Disease
 • D-penicillamine - Chelator, induces cupruria
 • Trientine - Chelator, induces cupruria
Tetrathiomolybdate - Aims
History Taking for IBD - FECES Mnemonic
FECES:
F - Frequency- how often? nocturnal sx? 
E - Emptying
E - EIMS — eyes/
The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
interstitial pneumonias (IIPs ... IIPs include seven
Antinuclear Antibody Testing Cytoplasmic Patterns
Reticular/AMA: 
 • PBC, SSc, PBC/SSc OS, PBC/SjS OS
 • AMA
Speckled:
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SjS, CTD-ILD, IIM
Medications Used in Congestive Heart Failure

In CHF, the heart is failing as a pump; cardiac output
in chronic CHF aims
Pediatric Inflammatory Multisystem Syndrome Temporally associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection (PIMS-TS)
Clinical features
all: fever > 101.3 F
most: oxygen
SARS-CoV-2 infection (PIMS-TS
“Step by Step” – the new kid on the block – aims to risk stratify this
on the block – aims
Stage I - Redistribution
In a normal chest film with the patient standing erect, the pulmonary vessels
comparison with old fims