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Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
 • Epidemiology: 10-180/100,000, Typically Age 20-40, F:M
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus ... versus DIL • Laboratory ... • Immunologic Workup ... Evolution: Chronic disease ... Management #Summary #rheumatology
Drug Induced Lupus vs SLE
Drug Induced Lupus (DIL):
 • Epidemiology: -10% of all lupus cases, drug-dependent,
calcium-b) • Laboratory ... • Immunologic Workup ... • Immunologic Workup ... Evolution: Chronic disease ... #table #rheumatology
Rheumatology Workup - Laboratories Studies in Rheumatic Diseases

• Septic arthritis - Gram stain and culture of
Rheumatology Workup ... joint • Systemic lupus ... more time for the laboratory ... #workup #diagnosis ... #testing #Rheumatology
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
SLE (Systemic Lupus ... and fever) and laboratory ... permanent alopecia Differential ... Non-autoimmune rheumatologic ... Erythematosus #Diagnosis #Rheumatology
Causes of Thrombocytopenia and Platelet Disorders - Differential Diagnosis and Workup
History:
 - Prior platelet count, family
Platelet Disorders - Differential ... Diagnosis and Workup ... K), H. pylori test ... , ANA (e.g., SLE ... #hematology
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
pathognomonic laboratory ... ) Differential Diagnosis ... Oral aphthae : SLE ... • Arthritis: SLE ... signs #symptoms #rheumatology
Approach to Joint Pain - Diagnostic Framework

1) Chronicity
2) Inflammatory vs Non-Inflammatory
3) Number of Joints Involved

1) Chronicity:
Chronic = RA, SLE ... #Joint #Pain #MSK ... #rheumatology # ... approach #workup ... #differential #
TTP - Laboratory Evaluation for Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura

Activity of von Willebrand factor-cleaving protease activity - A
TTP - Laboratory ... hallmark for the disease ... WBC count and differential ... ThromboticThrombocytopenicPurpura #Diagnosis #Workup ... #Hematology
Approach to Joint Pain

History:
Is the pain from:
	• Joint
	• Adjacent bursa
	• Tendon
	• Ligament
	• Bone
	• Muscle
	• Referred from
Symptoms of Joint Disease ... #Joint #Pain #MSK ... #rheumatology # ... approach #workup ... #differential #
Polycythemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Polycythemia itself isn’t a diagnosis. Like many things, it is a condition
Polycythemia - Differential ... Better call hematology ... some time, let’s see ... Best to have an ... #hematology