Giant Cell Arteritis (2nd edition)

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Written notes can be found at https://zerotofinals.com/medicine/rheumatology/myositis/ or in the rheumatology section of the 2nd edition of the ...

This episode covers antiphospholipid syndrome.

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Giant cell arteritis is a common form of vasculitis in people aged 50 years or older. The extracranial branches of the carotid artery are usually affected. Kenneth J. Warrington, Professor of Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, gives us an overview of the condition. For mo ...  Show more

Sam is joined by Dr Matt Wells, Rheumatology registrar, on the show this week to discuss Giant Cell Arteritis. This is a brilliant topic which we know comes up in PACES and Matt takes us through all the critical points to include in your station!

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We discuss the general differential diagnosis & framework of workup for large-vessel, medium-vessel & small-vessel vasculitides, general treatment guidelines and prognostication for vasculitides; Then we focus (in this episode) on large-vessel vasculitides (Giant-cell ...