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Approach to a Positive (+) Rheumatoid Factor (RF)
(+) RF does not always = RA
Rheumatic disorders:
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a Positive (+) Rheumatoid ... disorders of Liver & Lung ... Malignancies • Aging ... #Factor #RF #rheumatology ... #differential #diagnosis
Rheumatoid Arthritis - 2020 ACR-EULAR Classification
≥ 6 of 10 points = definite RA
Joint Involvement:
Rheumatoid Arthritis ... ) - 5 points Serology ... BrighamMedRes #Rheumatoid ... #Arthritis #diagnosis ... Classification #rheumatology
Rheumatoid Arthritis Summary
Overview: chronic, inflammatory symmetric polyarthritis involving small joints of hands/feet, knees, shoulders
Signs & Symptoms:
knees, shoulders Signs ... • Ultrasound Diagnosis ... : CLINICAL DIAGNOSIS ... #Arthritis #diagnosis ... #management #rheumatology
Newborn Assessment - APGAR Score

Assessment of newborn vital signs following labor via a 10-point scale evaluated
newborn vital signs ... labor via a 10-point ... child will develop long-term ... neurologic damage ... #Diagnosis #Peds
Common Forms of Arthritis in the Hands

Acute Rheumatoid Arthritis 
Tender, painful, stiff joints in rheumatoid arthritis,
Hands Acute Rheumatoid ... Chronic Rheumatoid ... deformities of long-standing ... #Hands #Types #Rheumatology ... #Forms #Diagnosis
Cheerio Sign (Open Bronchus Sign) on Chest CT
 • Pulmonary nodule with a central lucency
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on Chest CT • Pulmonary ... and metastatic lung ... malignancy, rheumatoid ... #CT #Lung #Pulmonary ... #diagnosis #radiology
Extra-articular and Other Conditions Associated with Joint Pain

Eyes
  • Iritis or uveitis - Spondyloarthropathies, Sarcoidosis,
• Interstitial lung ... syndrome - SLE Neurologic ... System Tender points ... #differential #diagnosis ... #rheumatology
Rheumatoid Arthritis - Signs and Symptoms
 • Ocular: Keratoconjunctivitis sicca, Episcleritis, Scleritis, Scleromalacia perforans
 • Pulmonary:
- Signs and Symptoms ... Pulmonary: Parenchymal lung ... Musculoskeletal: Joint ... #Symptoms #diagnosis ... #rheumatology
IgG4-Related Disease
Clinical history:  Man, 60 years, multiorgan involvement, unique or multiple inflammatory pseudotumor
4 phenotypes:
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biliary, renal, lung ... concentration PET-CT ... Imaging (→ Diagnostic ... antinuclear antibodies, rheumatoid ... workup #treatment #rheumatology
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
Arthritis Differential Diagnosis ... noninflammatory Signs ... - Autoimmune Rheumatologic ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #MSK #rheumatology