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Catastrophic #APS treatment
1st Line Rx 🚩
💉Heparin, Steroid, Plasma Exchange or IVIG
If Relapse 🔄
⬆️ Risk factors: Triple Positive Abs, Low Plt or Severe disease
💉 Consider B Cell Depletion or Complement Inhibition
References on the slide👇
#Rheumatology#MedTwitter
FDA Approves Colchicine for CV Prevention. The FDA has approved colchicine for cardiovascular prevention in adults with established atherosclerotic disease or multiple risk factors, making it the first anti-inflammatory medicine with such an indication. https://t.co/g6j9yvl1n2
Pearl of the Day ✨
🚫Minimal marrow edema may be physiological or linked to OA or osteitis condensans ilii🦴.
For bone marrow edema to be a sure sign 🎯 of sacroiliitis:
1️⃣ >1cm in width or depth
2️⃣ Visible on more than 1 image , or
3️⃣ At 2 separate sites on the same image
✅ Lab visit & discussion at the @SLEuroSociety Workshop about the main targets 🎯 of autoantibodies in #Lupus: anti-Sm target proteins of the common core of U1-2-4-5 small nuclear ribonucleoproteins (snRNP) which form the spliceosome & remove introns from transcribed premRNA 👍
✅ Very happy to be invited by @Asoreuma to give a lecture about relapsing #polychondritis at the Colombian Congress of #Rheumatology 2023 in Medellín.
Relapsing #polychondritis is a rare & underdiagnosed disease. Here are my main clinical pearls about RP ⬇️ #RheumTwitter