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Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
 • Epidemiology: 10-180/100,000, Typically Age 20-40, F:M
) - Diagnosis and ... Management Summary ... life-threatening • Treatment ... #Management #Summary ... #rheumatology
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus - Summary
Antinuclear (ANA) - 95% - Initial screening test
Anti-dsDNA - 50%
 • Associated
Erythematosus - Summary ... severe disease Treatment ... #Summary #diagnosis ... #rheumatology # ... management
Drug Induced Lupus vs SLE
Drug Induced Lupus (DIL):
 • Epidemiology: -10% of all lupus cases, drug-dependent,
life-threatening • Treatment ... Usual therapeutic management ... #comparison #table ... #rheumatology # ... diagnosis #management
Rheumatoid Arthritis Summary
Overview: chronic, inflammatory symmetric polyarthritis involving small joints of hands/feet, knees, shoulders
Signs & Symptoms:
Rheumatoid Arthritis Summary ... of hands/feet, knees ... : CLINICAL DIAGNOSIS ... exam and imaging Treatment ... #management #rheumatology
Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)
Pathophysiology: Triggering factor (infection,...)→Activation of CD8 T cells (IFN-y) → Excessive activation of macrophages
Auto-amplification loop Diagnosis ... Autoimmune diseases: SLE ... Unknown cause Treatment ... #management #treatment ... #summary #rheumatology
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
Cardiomyopathy - Summary ... Differential Diagnosis ... cardiomyopathy • Pulmonary ... orthopnea, PND, LE ... #treatment
Gout - Diagnosis and Management Summary

3 Conditions for Gout to Manifest:
1. Hyperuricemia
2. Monosodium urate deposition in
and Management ... Summary 3 Conditions ... forefoot, ankles, knees ... #management #treatment ... #rheumatology
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview

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

Autoimmune exocrinopathy multisystemic disease
overlaps with RA, SLE ... , INC risk PE, Pulmonary ... Adenocarcinoma Treatment ... Sjogrens #Syndrome #Rheumatology ... #Diagnosis #Management