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Clinical Disease Characteristics and Suggested Algorithm for Diagnostic Evaluation of Patients With Symptoms of Polymyalgia Rheumatica

#Diagnosis
Algorithm for Diagnostic ... Patients With Symptoms ... Rheumatica #Diagnosis ... #Rheumatology # ... GiantCell #Temporal #Arteritis
Temporal (Giant cell) Arteritis 
Risk Factors:
 • Age (almost never occurs before age 50) 
Clinical:
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Temporal (Giant cell) Arteritis ... Constitutional symptoms ... Temporal #GiantCell #Arteritis ... #Diagnosis #Rheumatology
Rheumatoid Arthritis Summary
MCP and PIP Involvement, Spares DIP, Carpal Tunnel, Sicca Syndrome, Epi/Scleritis, Heart Disease, Rheumatoid
Rheumatoid Arthritis ... #Rheumatoid #Arthritis ... #RA #diagnosis ... #rheumatology #signs ... #symptoms
Autoantibodies in Rheumatology
 • Lupus (SLE): ANA (anti-nuclear antibody), dsDNA (double-stranded DNA), Anti-Smith, Anti-Ro (SSA) and
Autoantibodies in Rheumatology ... Anti-cardiolipin (aCl ... Autoantibodies #Rheumatology ... #diagnosis #associations ... #table
Synovial Fluid Analysis:

Findings (COLOR	TRANSPARENCY	VISCOSITY	WBC COUNT (PER MM3)	PMN CELL COUNT (%)	GRAM STAIN	CULTURE	PCR TEST	CRYSTALS)

By Condition (Normal 
Noninflammatory 
Inflammatory:
STAIN CULTURE PCR ... TEST CRYSTALS) ... nongonococcal ) #Diagnosis ... Effusion #Analysis #Table ... Septic #Infective #Arthritis
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
meningitis), MCC CNS symptoms ... Positive pathergy test ... is a skin prick test ... management #signs #symptoms ... #rheumatology #
Cold Urticaria
Prevalence - 0.05% in the population
Disease onset - Mostly 2nd to 4th decades of life
Causes
and duration of symptoms ... angioedema Other symptoms ... Cold #Urticaria #diagnosis ... #rheumatology # ... comparison #table
Effects of Strokes by Location - Anterior vs Posterior Localization

Anterior Circulation 
 - MCA 
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- AICA - PCA ... CVA #Territory #Symptoms ... Effects #Neurology #Diagnosis ... #Table #Territories ... GrepMed Recommended Text
Approach to Joint Pain

History:
Is the pain from:
	• Joint
	• Adjacent bursa
	• Tendon
	• Ligament
	• Bone
	• Muscle
	• Referred from
or nerve root Symptoms ... present both at rest ... improves quickly with rest ... Joint #Pain #MSK #rheumatology ... #differential #diagnosis
Connective tissue disease-associated interstitial lung diseases

LIP: lymphoid interstitial pneumonia. NSIP: nonspecific interstitial pneumonia. OP: organizing pneumonia.
RA: rheumatoid arthritis ... LungDisease #CTILD #Diagnosis ... Differential #Comparison #Table ... #Pulmonary #Rheumatology