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Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) Management and Surveillance

- Screening should be considered for more than just men
Aortic Aneurysm (AAA ... just men > 65 who ever ... Ana Casanegra ... Aortic #Aneurysm #AAA ... Vascular #Treatment #Algorithm
Antinuclear antibodies and Systemic lupus
Anti-dsDNA	60-80%	Association with disease activity (when with Farr assay) and lupus nephritis. Can
Highly specific for SLE ... searched for when ANA ... syndromes Anti-PCNA ... #rheumatology #table ... #ANA
Autoantibodies in Rheumatology
 • Lupus (SLE): ANA (anti-nuclear antibody), dsDNA (double-stranded DNA), Anti-Smith, Anti-Ro (SSA) and
Rheumatology • Lupus (SLE ... ): ANA (anti-nuclear ... double-stranded DNA ... topoisomerase I), RNA ... #associations #table
Autoantibodies and their Disease Associations
ANA - Non-specific; common in SLE, autoimmune hepatitis
Anti-CCP, Rheumatoid factor - RA
Anti-dsDNA
Disease Associations ANA ... RA Anti-dsDNA - SLE ... - Drug-induced SLE ... Anti-mitochondrial (AMA ... diseases #diagnosis #table
Drug Induced Lupus vs SLE
Drug Induced Lupus (DIL):
 • Epidemiology: -10% of all lupus cases, drug-dependent,
Induced Lupus vs SLE ... Workup: - ANA ... Workup: - ANA ... management of SLE ... #comparison #table
Top 10 situations when to think about lupus
1) Inflammatory joint pain (especially in the wrists and
pericarditis (search ANA ... pleurisy (search ANA ... person (search ANA ... cytopenia (search ANA ... 9) Unexplained fever
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus - Diagnosis
Manifestations:
 - Arthritis 69%
 - Malar rash 40%
 - Fever 36%
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Malar rash 40% - Fever ... involvement 3% SLE-Related ... Auto-Antibodies: - ANA ... 5-10% - Anti-PCNA ... Lupusreference #SLE
Serious Bacterial Illness (SBI):
1) UTI and pyelonephritis
Most common cause of SBI
Accounts for 3-8% of uncharacterized fevers
Female
uncharacterized fevers ... presentation Urinalysis: LE ... sinuses unformed) PNA ... Classification #Fever ... SeriousBacterialIllness #Ddxof
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
weight loss, and fever ... laboratory findings (ANA ... to: Arthritis, Fever ... Serositis Labs: • ANA ... antibodies • (-) ANA
Hemolytic Anemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Sickle cells - Consider sickle cell disease (diverse genotypes):
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... genotypes): SS, SC, SE ... platelet decrease - PNH ... bartonella (oroya fever ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm