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Rheumatology - ABIM
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Dactylitis is associated with which diseases | spondyloarthritis such as psoriatic arthritis as well as tuberculosis, syphilis, sarcoidosis, and sickle cell disease |
| Asymptomatic patients with diagnosis of polymyositis and anti-Jo-1 is the body positive. What is the next diagnostic test? | anti-Jo-1 Is strongly associated with interstitial lung disease, so need screen with chest x-ray, high-resolution chest CT, PFTs are used to screen. |
| What is the six minute walk test and when do you use it? | Used in the evaluation and follow-up of pulmonary arterial hypertension. it is a measure of functional status in patients with heart or lung disease. Need to have improvement of at least 70 m to show that intervention had a significant effect. |