Rheumatological Compendium · Internal Medicine

Internal Medicine · Clinical Specialties

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Fibromyalgia (FM) is a chronic widespread pain syndrome characterized by diffuse musculoskeletal pain, chronic fatigue, sleep disturbances, and a variable set of somatic and cognitive symptoms, in the absence of demonstrable inflammation or structural tissue damage. It constitutes the paradigm of central sensitization syndromes and represents the second most frequent cause of rheumatological consultation...

What it covers

1. · Rheumatological Compendium
2. Fibromyalgia
3. · Pathophysiology — Central Sensitization
4. · Clinical Manifestations
5. · ACR Diagnostic Criteria 2010/2016
6. · Differential Diagnosis
7. · Treatment — Mandatory Multimodal Approach
8. Sjögren's syndrome
9. · Pathogenesis — Gene-Environment-Immunity Interaction
10. · Glandular Clinical Manifestations
11. · ACR/EULAR Classification Criteria 2016
12. · Extraglandular Manifestations — The Systemic SS
13. · Lymphoma Risk — The Most Serious Complication
14. · Treatment
15. Antiphospholipid syndrome
16. · Pathogenic Mechanisms — Autoimmune Thrombosis
17. · Clinical Manifestations
18. · Classification Criteria — Revised Sapporo (Sydney 2006) and Proposed ACR/EULAR 2023
19. · Laboratory — Antiphospholipid Antibody Profile
20. · Catastrophic APS (CAPS) — Rheumatological Emergency
21. · Anticoagulant Treatment — Strategies according to the Profile
22. Relapsing Polychondritis
23. · Pathogenesis
24. · Clinical Manifestations — Cartilaginous and Systemic Involvement
25. · Diagnostic Criteria
26. · Airway Commitment — Vital Urgency
27. · Treatment