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ddx & approach to common inpatient rheum presentations
- FUO
- GCA/PMR, AOSD, SLE, inflamm arthr, Taka- yasu, PAN, ANCA ⊕ vasc, cryo, HSP, VEXAS
- ESR, CRP, RF, ANCA, ± cryo
- Pulm HTN
- Scleroderma (limited >diffuse), MCTD, SLE, PM/DM (less common)
- Scl-70, centromere, RNA Pol III, RNP
- DAH
- ANCA ⊕ vasc, Goodpasture’s, SLE, APS
- ANCA, GBM, C3/C4, APLA
- ILD
- Scleroderma (diffuse >limited), sarcoid, RA, DM, PM, antisynthetase syndrome, Sjögren’s, MCTD, SLE (esp. pleura), ANCA ⊕ vasc (esp. MPA)
- Scl-70, RF/CCP, CK, aldolase, ± myositis specific Abs, Jo-1, Ro/La, ANCA
- Pleuro- pericarditis
- SLE, scleroderma, RA, MCTD, DM/PM, ANCA ⊕ vasc, Sjögren’s, AOSD, PAN
- dsDNA, RF/CCP, Sm, Ro/La, Scl-70, RNP, ANCA
- AKI + active sed. or CTD s/s
- SLE (GN or nephrotic), ANCA ⊕ vasc (GN), scleroderma renal crisis, Sjögren’s (RTA/TIN), PAN (infarct), HSP, Goodpasture’s, cryo, APS
- dsDNA, Sm, Ro/La, RNP, C3/C4, Scl-70, RNA Pol III, ANCA, GBM, cryos, APLA
- Neuropathy
- ANCA ⊕ vasc, SLE, Sjögren’s, cryo, sarcoid, RA, PAN
- Ro/La, ANCA, cryo RF/CCP, HCV, HBV