• Buerger Disease:
  • Inflammatory condition involving the small/medium arteries of hands/feet
  • Strongly linked to tobacco and more common in men; smoking cessation can improve outcomes
  
  

  Posted 02/17/17 04:44:51 PM by Adam Faye

• ACR Criteria for a diagnosis of Lupus: (Need 4 of 11)
  • Malar Rash
  • Photosensitivity
  • Discoid Rash
  • Oral ulcers
  • Arthritis
  • Serositis
  • Renal Disorder
  • Neurologic Disorder 
  • Hematologic Disorder (Hemolytic Anemia, Leukopenia, Lymphopenia, Thrombocytopenia)
  • ANA
  • Immunologic Disorder (+ Anti-DNA or Anti-Sm)
  
  

  Posted 02/17/17 04:49:49 PM by Adam Faye

• Churg Strauss - characterized by:
  • Eosinophilia
  • Migratory Pulmonary Infiltrates
  • Purpuric skin rash
  • Mononeuritis Multiplex - painful, asymmetric, sensory/motor peripheral neuropathy involving noncontiguous nerve trunks
  
  

  Posted 02/17/17 04:56:12 PM by Adam Faye

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