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Rheumatology Red Flags

In this lecture, we're going to look at what constitutes a rheumatology red flag and how we clinically reason our way through recognizing those red flags and what to do about them. We will discuss Read more ↓
3 Episodes 43m
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Overlapping Rheumatology Conditions and the Features of Inflammation

Why rheumatology conditions overlap, how synovitic and enthesitic disorders differ, and which features of inflammation, from morning stiffness to night waking and response to anti-inflammatories, point toward an inflammatory arthritis.

17:39
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Systemic Comorbidities and Screening Tools for Rheumatoid Arthritis

How skin, gut, eye, cardiovascular and reproductive comorbidities and family history build suspicion of inflammatory arthritis, and how to use the Clinically Suspected Arthralgia criteria and the Leiden Clinical Prediction Rule.

14:25
03
The SPADE Tool and Building the Case for Spondyloarthritis

How the SPADE tool supports screening for spondyloarthritis, practical tips for flagging and monitoring rheumatology red flags over time, and a stepwise case that builds suspicion from plantar heel pain.

11:39

inflammatory symptoms as well as different systemic symptoms that we might see, or other systemic comorbidities as well.
We will look at different types of arthropathies, connective tissue disorders, inflammation, and what inflammation looks like.

Learning objectives:
-Understand what constitutes a Rheumatology Red Flag
-Build a clinical reasoning process around identifying red flags 
-Recognizing Rheumatology conditions such as RA, Ankylosing Spondylarthritis, Lupus, and more.

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