Rheumatology

Question 1

SLE diagnostic criteria

Answer 1

Constitutional- Fever
Hematology- thrombocytopenia, leukopenia, autoimmune hemolysis
Neuropsychiatric- delirium, psychosis,seizures
Skin-alopecia ,oral ulcers,discoid lupus ,acute cutaneous lupus
MSK- Joint involvement
Serosal- pleural or pericardial effusion, acute percarditis
Renal- Proteinuria <05g/24hrs,
Lupus 2 or 5,lupus 3 or 4
complements- c3 or c4 low, c3 and c4 low
antiphospholipid ab- anticardiolipin, or anti B2GP1,lupus antocoagulant
SLE specific ab- anti smith or anti ds dna