Dr. Gerald Diaz @GeraldMD
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Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) - Diagnosis and Management Summary • Epidemiology: 10-180/100,000, Typically Age 20-40, F:M
(SLE) - Diagnosis ... and Management Summary ... • Immunologic Workup ... life-threatening • Treatment ... Evolution: Chronic disease
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus - Summary Antinuclear (ANA) - 95% - Initial screening test Anti-dsDNA - 50% • Associated
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus ... - Summary Antinuclear ... Treatment: • ... #Systemic #Lupus ... #diagnosis #rheumatology
Drug Induced Lupus vs SLE Drug Induced Lupus (DIL): • Epidemiology: -10% of all lupus cases, drug-dependent,
• Immunologic Workup ... • Immunologic Workup ... life-threatening • Treatment ... Evolution: Chronic disease ... #rheumatology #diagnosis
Pulmonary Renal Syndrome Definition: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + Glomerulonephritis Presentation (Pulmonary and renal manifestations can occur weeks apart):
Pulmonary Renal ... Differential Diagnosis ... Complex: Systemic lupus ... #differential #diagnosis ... #nephrology
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
Syndromes - OnePager Summary ... life-threatening diseases ... Inflammatory eye disease ... mononeuritis multiplex WORKUP ... #management #treatment
Rhombencephalitis BACTERIAL - Listeria (biphasic illness with bulbar dysfunction occurring later) - Mycobacterium tuberculosis - Pneumococcus - Brucella - Borrelia (Lyme Disease) -
- Influenza A FUNGAL ... - Systemic Lupus ... ; Positive for anti-ganglioside ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Causes #Neurology
Summary of characteristic abnormalities of selected glomerular diseases Light Microscopy (LM) - Immunofluorescence Microscopy (IM) - Electron
Summary of characteristic ... /nephritis • Lupus ... Amyloid RPGN • Anti-GBM ... #nephrology #pathology ... comparison #table #diagnosis
Myasthenia Gravis - Summary • an autoimmune disease of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction associated with antibodies
Myasthenia Gravis - Summary ... 50 years in men Diagnosis ... - but 5% have anti—muscle-specific ... within 3 years of diagnosis ... #management #neurology
Pulmonary Histoplasmosis Quick Facts on Histoplasma capsulatum: • Dimorphic fungi, in yeast phase within the body •
Pulmonary Histoplasmosis ... • Dimorphic fungi ... common endemic fungal ... Antigen testing, Serology ... , PCR Treatment
Coccidioidomycosis (Coccidioides): Valley Fever - Summary Sheet • Morphology • Geography, Reservoir and Mode of Transmission
Valley Fever - Summary ... or excavation work ... disease: no treatment ... #management #summary ... #fungal
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