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Hydroxychloroquine Serum Measurement in SLE
 • Terminal elimination half-life = 40 days ([HCQI reflects long-term intake)
half-life = 40 days ([HCQI ... (e.g. renal failure ... Hydroxychloroquine #HCQ ... Measurement #SLE #rheumatology ... #pharmacology #
Hyperkalemia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

PseudoHyperkalemia:
 • Lab error
 • Traumatic venipuncture
 • Hemolysis, thrombocytosis, leukocytosis
 •
burns, trauma - Ischemic ... - Metabolic acidosis ... resistance Impaired Renal ... deficiency • Renal ... Type IV RTA • Renal
Hyperkalemia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

PseudoHyperkalemia:
 • Lab error
 • Traumatic venipuncture
 • Hemolysis, thrombocytosis, leukocytosis
 •
burns, trauma - Ischemic ... - Metabolic acidosis ... resistance Impaired Renal ... deficiency • Renal ... Type IV RTA • Renal
Hyperkalemia - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

S/Sx: Most pts asymptomatic. Weakness, cramping, nausea, paresthesias, palpitations,
/crush injury, ischemia ... post-hypothermia • ↓ Renal ... Excretion: - Renal ... 15 suggests ↓ renal ... Treatment #potassium #nephrology
Hydroxychloroquine - Risks and Benefits in Lupus
Benefits:
↓ Disease activity, ↓ Flare, ↓ Damage, ↓ Corticosteroid dose,
rare with ~100 cases ... of renal or hepatic ... Hydroxychloroquine #hcq ... Benefits #Lupus #pharmacology ... #sideeffects #rheumatology
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
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: • Purpura, ischemic ... pulmonary and renal ... tract, and often causes ... • Urinalysis (Renal ... differential #diagnosis #rheumatology
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview

Epidemiology:
• F > M: 9:1
• 5-6th Decades (can be any age)

Autoimmune exocrinopathy multisystemic disease
cirrhosis: 3%-20% Renal ... Distal (Type I) renal ... tubular acidosis ... lubricants • Pharmacologic ... Sjogrens #Syndrome #Rheumatology