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Approach to the Hypercoagulable State
Arterial thromboembolism
→ Cardiac rhythm monitoring, Echocardiogram, Vascular imaging
→ Test for APS, particularly
Echocardiogram, Vascular ... imaging → Test ... • Provoked (e.g ... #hematology #diagnosis ... #algorithm #hematology
Behcet's Syndrome - Diagnosis
Diagnostic Criteria for Behget's Syndrome (International Study Group for Behget's Disease):
 • Recurrent,
- Diagnosis Diagnostic ... Abnormal pathergy test ... medium-large joints) • Vascular ... and peripheral vascular ... #criteria #rheumatology
Approach to Joint Pain

History:
Is the pain from:
	• Joint
	• Adjacent bursa
	• Tendon
	• Ligament
	• Bone
	• Muscle
	• Referred from
organ or nerve root ... osteopetrosis, avascular ... Joint #Pain #MSK #rheumatology ... #approach #workup ... #differential #diagnosis
Autoimmune Myositis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Myopathies: Commonly symmetric proximal muscle weakness, no substantial muscle pain
Tests: • Measure ... Aldolase levels • EMG ... RP-ILD), dermato-rheumatologic ... muscle disease/muscular ... Myositis #Myopathy #rheumatology