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Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies - 
Dermatomyositis (DM), Immune-Mediated Necrotizing Myopathy (IMNM), Antisynthetase Syndrome (ASS), Inclusion Body Myositis
Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies ... Immune-Mediated Necrotizing Myopathy ... Antisynthetase Syndrome ... (ASS), Inclusion ... #Idiopathic #Myopathy
Statin Induced Muscle Toxicity - Summary

Clinical Presentation:
 • Elevations of serum creatine kinase with proximal myalgia
• Inflammatory myopathy ... such as • Statin-induced ... myopathy (SAMS) ... Atorvastatin Diagnosis ... #diagnosis #management
Autoimmune Myositis
Necrotizing myopathy is associated with higher CK levels, greater level of muscle weakness, less systemic
Myositis Necrotizing myopathy ... heliotrope rash, Shaw sign ... , holster sign, ... anti-synthetase syndrome ... and anti-HMGCR myopathy
Acute Coronary Syndrome NICE Guidelines 2021 - BMJ

#Acute #Coronary #Syndrome #ACS #cardiology #diagnosis #management #NICE #Guideline
Acute Coronary Syndrome ... Acute #Coronary #Syndrome ... #ACS #cardiology ... #diagnosis #management ... Guideline #2021 #BMJ #ACS
Acute Coronary Syndrome - Diagnostic Likelihood Ratios for Symptoms and Physical Examination. 

Source:  Does This
Acute Coronary Syndrome ... - Diagnostic Likelihood ... #EBM #Diagnosis ... #Cardiology #ACS ... AcuteCoronarySyndrome #Symptoms #Signs
Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) Algorithm

Satya Patel, MD @SatyaPatelMD

#Acute #Coronary #Syndrome #ACS #Algorithm #Chest #Pain #diagnosis #cardiology
Acute Coronary Syndrome ... (ACS) Algorithm ... #ACS #Algorithm ... #Chest #Pain #diagnosis ... #cardiology
Myositis Specific Antibodies (MSAs)

Dermatomyositis: MDA5, TIF1y, NXP2, Mi-2, SAE
Anti-Synthetase Syndrome: Jo-1, PL7, PL12, EJ, OJ
Immune Mediated
Anti-Synthetase Syndrome ... Mediated Necrotizing Myopathy ... MSAs #clinical #diagnosis ... #rheumatology #table
Cardiorenal Syndrome (CRS) Types
 • Type 1 - Acute CRS: Alteration of renal perfusion is the
Cardiorenal Syndrome ... Type 3 - Acute RCS ... Hypertension, CKD induced myopathy ... #Cardiorenal #Syndrome ... #CRS #Types #cardiology
Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
 • Spinal Cord: Demyelinating Disease (MS), Epidural abscess, Infarction, Syringomyelia, Tetanus, Transverse
Motor Nerves: ALS ... Guillain-Barre syndrome ... Lambert Eaton Syndrome ... Mitochondrial myopathy ... #differential #diagnosis
Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies (IIM's)

RASH + MUSCLE WEAKNESS → Consider idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM's)

 • Overlap Myositis
Any inflammatory myopathy ... antisynthetase syndrome ... Inflammatory myopathy ... #IIMs #diagnosis ... #dermatology #Myopathy