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Systemic Sclerosis (Scleroderma)
Multi-system autoimmune disease characterized by vasculopathy and progressive fibrosis of skin and internal organs
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distal to elbows/wrists ... and Symptoms: ... • Cardiac: myocardial ... Scleroderma #SSc #rheumatology ... #diagnosis #signs
Acute Coronary Syndrome - Diagnostic Likelihood Ratios for Symptoms and Physical Examination. 

Source:  Does This
Patient With Chest Pain ... : The Rational Clinical ... Examination Systematic ... #Signs #LikelihoodRatios ... Atypical #ChestPain #Cardiac
Clinical Features of Systemic Lupus (SLE)
General: Fever (50%), Depression, Fatigue (75%), Weight loss (50%)
Eye: Sjögrens (15%)
Skin
Clinical Features ... lesions Abdominal pain ... erythematosus #signs ... #symptoms #diagnosis ... #rheumatology
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
Diagnosis = clinical ... signs/sx of inflammation ... claudication: pain ... chews, not just pain ... them, but urgent rheumatology
Multiple Sclerosis - Summary

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune-mediated neurodegenerative disease of the central nervous system
central nervous system ... Sensitivity to pain ... Signs and symptoms ... patients with clinically ... stimulation Clinical
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
Fraction (HFrEF) Clinical ... Typical symptoms ... Less Typical Symptoms ... : weight gain, lung ... Consider cardiac
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
Behçet's Syndrome Systemic ... thrombosis, VTE) • Cardiac ... Nonsurgical abdominal pain ... diagnosis #management #signs ... #symptoms #rheumatology
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
the lymphatic system ... renal failure Clinical ... neuropathy or cardiac ... 5-10%, nervous system ... Diagnosis #Management #Signs
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
) Suspect: Clinical ... Arthritis: • Joint pain ... 5% of patients Cardiac ... Cytopenias • Cardiac ... Induced Lupus: • Symptoms
This is a suprasternal notch view demonstrating an aortic flap in a patient with a Stanford
interscapular pain ... with suspicious signs ... /symptoms allows ... Delta Hospital #Clinical ... #POCUS #CardiacUS