Marco Shared "Gio" - 7 Picmonics
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Gio
- Diagnosis
- Increased CK (CPK)
- Increased Aldolase
- Anti-JO-1 Antibody
- Anti-SRP Antibody
- Antinuclear Antibody
- Abnormal EMG
- Biopsy
- Treatment
- Corticosteroids
- Methotrexate
- Azathioprine
- Treatment For Resistant Disease
- Intravenous Immunoglobulin (IVIG)
- Cyclophosphamide
- Rituximab
- Calcineurin Inhibitors
- Pathophysiology
- Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathy
- More Common in Women
- Endomysial Inflammation with CD8+ Cells (Polymyositis)
- Perimysial Inflammation with CD4+ Cells (Dermatomyositis)
- Signs and Symptoms (Both)
- Symmetric Proximal Muscle Weakness
- Dysphagia
- Lung and Cardiac Involvement
- Signs and Symptoms (Dermatomyositis)
- Malar Rash
- Shawl-like Shoulder Rash
- Gottron Papules on Knuckles
- Heliotrope Rash
- Pathophysiology
- > 50 Years Old
- Arthritis of Large Joints (Classically the Knee)
- Calcium Pyrophosphate Crystals
- Diagnosis
- Positively Birefringent
- Chondrocalcinosis (On X-ray)
- Treatment
- NSAIDs
- Colchicine
- Steroids
- Mechanism
- Autoimmune Exocrine Gland Destruction
- Symptoms (Classic Triad)
- Xerostomia
- Xerophthalmia
- Arthritis
- Diagnosis
- Anti SS-B (La)
- Anti SS-A (Ro)
- Schirmer's Test
- Salivary Gland Biopsy
- Treatment
- Symptomatic Treatment
- Complications
- Lymphoma
- Other
- Sicca Syndrome
- IM DAMN SHARP acronym
- Immunoglobulins
- Malar rash
- Discoid rash
- Antinuclear antibody
- Mucositis
- Neurologic disorders
- Serositis
- Hematologic disorders
- Arthritis
- Renal disorders
- Photosensitivity
- Mechanism and Characteristics
- Systemic Autoimmune Disease
- 9:1 female to male ratio
- Treatment
- Glucocorticoids
- NSAIDS
- Hydroxychloroquine
- Cyclophosphamide
- Complications
- Lupus nephritis
- Libman-Sacks Endocarditis
- Secondary Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome
- Other
- Drug-induced lupus
- General Characteristics
- Proximal Muscle Pain
- Normal Muscle Strength
- Morning Stiffness
- Age Over 50
- Associated With Temporal Arteritis
- Diagnosis
- Elevated ESR, CRP
- Normal CK
- Management
- Corticosteroids
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