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Causes of Severe Aortic Regurgitation - Differential Diagnosis
Acute:
 • Leaflet: Traumatic Rupture, Acute Infective Endocarditis, Acute
Causes of Severe ... Inflammatory: Lupus ... , Crohn Disease ... Degenerative: Systemic ... Differential #Diagnosis #Causes
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
 • Epidemiology: 10-180/100,000, Typically Age 20-40, F:M
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus ... • Immunologic Workup ... Positive in 60-80% of cases ... life-threatening • Treatment ... : Chronic disease
Drug Induced Lupus vs SLE
Drug Induced Lupus (DIL):
 • Epidemiology: -10% of all lupus cases, drug-dependent,
Constitutional symptoms, Arthritis ... • Immunologic Workup ... Discontinuation of causal ... months to years) Systemic ... : Chronic disease
Inflammatory Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Monoarticular
 • Gout (Podagra, Tophi)
 • Pseudogout
 • Early
• Rheumatoid Arthritis ... • Systemic Lupus ... Rheumatic Fever Acute ... • Psoriatic Arthritis ... #Orthopedics #Causes
Interstitial Lung Diseases (ILD)
Exposure-Related ILD (a.k.a. extrinsic allergic alveolitis): 
 • Hypersensitivity pneumonitis, Farmer's lung, Bird
ILD caused by inhalation ... : • Systemic sclerosis ... , Rheumatoid arthritis ... Polymyositis-dermatomyositis, Lupus ... pneumonia (DIP), Acute
BEE Syndromes - Immune-mediated conditions affecting the brain, eye, and ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in conjunction
central nervous system ... diagnosis and treatment ... Inflammatory causes ... Cogan syndrome • Acute ... lupus erythematosus
Causes of Pericarditis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Viral:
 • Coxsackie
 • Echovirus
 • Adenovirus
 • Epstein-Barr virus
Causes of Pericarditis ... • Rheumatoid arthritis ... • Systemic lupus ... connective tissue disease ... Metabolic: • Uremia
Causes of Interstitial Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia
 • (UIP) Usual Interstitial Pneumonia
Causes of Interstitial ... - Rheumatoid Arthritis ... , Systemic Lupus ... , Beomycin • Acute ... #ILD #Causes #Differential
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
SLE (Systemic Lupus ... Classification: • Acute ... Pleural effusions • Acute ... Neuropsychiatric systemic ... lymphopenia, low PLT • Anemia
Causes of Acute Pericarditis:

Infectious;

Viral: 
Adenovirus 
Coxsackie virus A and B 
Echovirus 
Epstein-Barr virus 
Hepatitis 
Human immunodeficiency
Causes of Acute ... pericarditis) Uremia ... nodosa Rheumatoid arthritis ... Sjögren syndrome Systemic ... lupus erythematosus