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Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
 • Epidemiology: 10-180/100,000, Typically Age 20-40, F:M
• Immunologic Workup ... life-threatening • Treatment ... • Evolution: Chronic ... disease Dr. ... #rheumatology
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
noninflammatory Signs ... Internal derangement/Avascular ... weeks) Can Be Caused ... - Autoimmune Rheumatologic ... Diagnosis #MSK #rheumatology
Rheumatoid Arthritis Summary
Overview: chronic, inflammatory symmetric polyarthritis involving small joints of hands/feet, knees, shoulders
Signs & Symptoms:
Rheumatoid Arthritis Summary ... Overview: chronic ... knees, shoulders Signs ... inflammatory) • joint pain ... narrowing) • Ultrasound
Septic Arthritis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Clinical Exam: hot, swollen, pain with passive AND active ROM
and Management Summary ... hot, swollen, pain ... necrosis, Lyme disease ... viral arthritis Workup ... arthritis diagnosis Treatment
Approach to Joint Pain

History:
Is the pain from:
	• Joint
	• Adjacent bursa
	• Tendon
	• Ligament
	• Bone
	• Muscle
	• Referred from
Symptoms of Joint Disease ... : • Acute or chronic ... osteopetrosis, avascular ... #MSK #rheumatology ... #approach #workup
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Bronchiectasis - Summary ... weight • Chest pain ... Most Common Causes ... Nasal polyps and signs ... mycobacteria Treatment
Chagas Disease - American Trypanosomiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis) is an infectious
and Management Summary ... caused by the protozoan ... Romana's sign ... Indeterminate form (No signs ... 80%) (abdominal pain
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
and Management Summary ... • Most common cause ... pneumonia • Chronic ... Pleuritic chest pain ... #differential #causes
Approach to Joint Pain - Diagnostic Framework

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

1) Chronicity:
Approach to Joint Pain ... ), RA, crystal disease ... Like in this case ... #rheumatology # ... approach #workup
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
and diplopia) • Vascular ... Arthritis, AS Treatment ... Recurrent and chronic ... Nonsurgical abdominal pain ... #symptoms #rheumatology