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Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) Management and Surveillance

- Screening should be considered for more than just men
Aortic Aneurysm (AAA ... just men > 65 who ever ... Ana Casanegra ... Aortic #Aneurysm #AAA ... Vascular #Treatment #Algorithm
Autoantibodies in Rheumatology
 • Lupus (SLE): ANA (anti-nuclear antibody), dsDNA (double-stranded DNA), Anti-Smith, Anti-Ro (SSA) and
Rheumatology • Lupus (SLE ... ): ANA (anti-nuclear ... double-stranded DNA ... Anti-centromere, Scl-70 (DNA ... #associations #table
Autoantibodies and their Disease Associations
ANA - Non-specific; common in SLE, autoimmune hepatitis
Anti-CCP, Rheumatoid factor - RA
Anti-dsDNA
Disease Associations ANA ... RA Anti-dsDNA - SLE ... - Drug-induced SLE ... Anti-mitochondrial (AMA ... diseases #diagnosis #table
Antinuclear antibodies and Systemic lupus
Anti-dsDNA	60-80%	Association with disease activity (when with Farr assay) and lupus nephritis. Can
Highly specific for SLE ... searched for when ANA ... there is no common ENA ... #rheumatology #table ... #ANA
Drug Induced Lupus vs SLE
Drug Induced Lupus (DIL):
 • Epidemiology: -10% of all lupus cases, drug-dependent,
Induced Lupus vs SLE ... Workup: - ANA ... Workup: - ANA ... management of SLE ... #comparison #table
Top 10 situations when to think about lupus
1) Inflammatory joint pain (especially in the wrists and
pericarditis (search ANA ... pleurisy (search ANA ... person (search ANA ... cytopenia (search ANA ... 9) Unexplained fever
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
weight loss, and fever ... laboratory findings (ANA ... Serositis Labs: • ANA ... and C4) • ds-DNA ... antibodies • (-) ANA
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus - Diagnosis
Manifestations:
 - Arthritis 69%
 - Malar rash 40%
 - Fever 36%
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Malar rash 40% - Fever ... involvement 3% SLE-Related ... Auto-Antibodies: - ANA ... Lupusreference #SLE
Borrelia recurrentis on Peripheral Blood Smear
23M Somali refugee recently arrived w/severe abd pain, confusion and fever
confusion and fever ... BP stable, HR 115 ... Pediculus humanus, AKA ... The table below ... Borrelia have linear DNA
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
or family - Ever ... ASA class If ... event, follow ACC algorithm ... Stable patients ... and undergoing AAA