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Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA) - Vasculitis Management Algorithm - ACR/VF 2021 Guidelines
 • Visual Symptoms/Loss or
Giant Cell Arteritis ... Management Algorithm ... Cranial Ischemia ... Cranial Ischemia ... Guidelines #algorithm #rheumatology
Extra-articular and Other Conditions Associated with Joint Pain

Eyes
  • Iritis or uveitis - Spondyloarthropathies, Sarcoidosis,
Associated with Joint Pain ... Eyes • Iritis ... • Ischemic optic ... disease, Vasculitis (e.g ... differential #diagnosis #rheumatology
Intraoperative Cardiac Ischaemia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

If the patient is unconscious, signs of cardiac
Guidelines for Crises ... include chest pain ... Guidelines for crises ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
arteritis (GCA) ... Diagnosis = clinical ... claudication: pain ... them, but urgent rheumatology ... Symptoms #Diagnosis #Management
Myasthenic Crisis Checklist - Myasthenia Gravis

Evaluation 
 - Chest X-ray and lung ultrasound (exclude other lung
Myasthenic Crisis ... Checklist - Myasthenia ... Electrolytes (including Ca ... Drugs to avoid (main ... #Management #CriticalCare
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
association • M > F Clinical ... retinal tears, Ischemia ... Nonsurgical abdominal pain ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management ... signs #symptoms #rheumatology
Cryoglobulinemia Summary

Cryoglobulins:
 • Cryoglobulins are Igs in the serum that precipitate in vitro at temperatures below
Syndrome: • Clinical ... - (Ischemia, ... arthralgia, and arthritis ... tissue disorder (e.g ... classification #rheumatology
Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS)
Classified among the secondary or acquired forms of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (sHLH)

What?
A subset of
fever syndromes Clinical ... • Fever is the main ... clinical manifestation ... Syndrome #Diagnosis #Management ... #Hematology #Rheumatology
Rheumatology Workup - Laboratories Studies in Rheumatic Diseases

• Septic arthritis - Gram stain and culture of
Rheumatology Workup ... hyperglobulinemia (3) Rises ... , and low back pain ... ANA and RF (if clinical ... diagnosis #testing #Rheumatology
Scleroderma Renal Crisis (SRC)

Clinical Presentation of Scleroderma Renal Crisis:
1) Acute kidney injury
2) Abrupt onset of hypertension
3)
(SRC) Clinical ... onion-skinning" of arteries ... Management Pearls ... #rheumatology # ... nephrology #diagnosis #management