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Systemic Lupus Erythematosus - Summary
Antinuclear (ANA) - 95% - Initial screening test
Anti-dsDNA - 50%
 • Associated
Initial screening test ... block • Sjogren syndrome ... #Summary #diagnosis ... #rheumatology # ... management
Causes of Knee Effusions - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Knee Effusion Red Flags:
1. Fever/Chills/Joint pain/Night sweats/Weight loss
	- DDX:
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Causes of Knee Effusions ... - Differential Diagnosis ... arthritis - SLE ... - Acute rheumatic ... #Effusions #causes
Purpura - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Non-blanchable, dark red to purple, hemorrhagic skin lesions that result from leakage
- Differential Diagnosis ... Kasabach-Merritt syndrome ... - APLS • Acute ... Associated - SLE ... #hematology #rheumatology
Causes of Anemia with elevated Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Normal Blood Smear
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Causes of Anemia ... Algorithm Normal ... Myelodysplastic Syndromes ... #Algorithm #Causes ... #Hematology
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
is a skin prick test ... Oral aphthae : SLE ... • Arthritis: SLE ... #diagnosis #management ... signs #symptoms #rheumatology
Factors that May Affect Fetal Oxygenation - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Excessive Uterine Activity:
 • Hyperstimulation
 • Placental
• Respiratory disease ... Hypotension • Anesthesia ... Vasculopathy (SLE ... Antiphospholipid syndrome ... #Algorithm #Causes
Algorithm for the Evaluation of Chronic Diarrhea (< 7 days)
Exclude:
1. Causes of acute diarrhea
2. Lactose intolerance
3.
Algorithm for the ... Causes of acute ... Systemic disease ... Chronic #Diarrhea #management ... #diagnosis #differential
CNS Manifestations of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)

Clinical Manifestations: Demyelinating Syndrome, Headache, Movement disorders, Seizure disorders, Aseptic
Demyelinating Syndrome ... Cerebrovascular Disease ... autoantibodies that will cause ... CNS #neurology #rheumatology ... #management #treatment
Acute Retroviral Syndrome
Acute Retroviral Syndrome is the symptomatic presentation of acute human immunodeficiency virus infection

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Syndrome Acute ... • New onset SLE ... Viral hepatitis Diagnosis ... ART to slow HIV disease ... #diagnosis
Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS)
Classified among the secondary or acquired forms of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (sHLH)

What?
A subset of
Macrophage Activation Syndrome ... erythematosus [SLE ... Liver function tests ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Hematology #Rheumatology