Rheumatological Semiology

Rheumatological Semiology — Internal Medicine

How it begins

History, physical examination, diagnostic criteria and pathophysiological correlations of the most relevant rheumatological diseases in the practice of Internal Medicine.

What it covers

1. Clinical Rheumatology
2. Introduction and Classification of Rheumatological Diseases
3. · General Classification of Arthropathies
4. Rheumatological History
5. · Characterization of Joint Pain (ALICE or SOCRATES)
6. · Directed Clinical History: Key Questions
7. Physical Joint Examination
8. · Inspection (Look)
9. · Palpation (Feel)
10. · Examination Maneuvers — Specific Joints
11. Rheumatoid Arthritis
12. · Relevant Physiopathology for Semiology
13. · Joint Manifestations — Classical Semiology
14. · Extra-articular Manifestations
15. Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
16. · SLICC 2012 and ACR/EULAR 2019 Classification Criteria
17. · Detailed Clinical Manifestations
18. Seronegative spondyloarthropathies
19. · Shared Characteristics of SpA (“SpA Phenotype”)
20. · Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS) — Detailed Semiology
21. Psoriatic Arthritis and Reactive Arthritis
22. · Psoriatic Arthritis (PsA)
23. · Reactive Arthritis (Reiter's Arthritis)
24. Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies
25. · Muscular Manifestations
26. · Cutaneous Manifestations of Dermatomyositis
27. Systemic Sclerosis (Scleroderma)
28. · Classification: Diffuse vs. Limited
29. · Raynaud's Phenomenon: Detailed Semiology
30. Sjögren's syndrome
31. · Sicca Symptoms — Clinical Evaluation
32. · Extraglandular Manifestations
33. Gout and Hyperuricemia
34. · Pathophysiology of Acute Gout Attack
35. · Clinical Forms and Natural History
36. Calcium Pyrophosphate Arthropathy (CPPD)
37. Osteoarthrosis (OA)
38. · Clinical Picture and Semiology of OA
39. Systemic Vasculitis
40. · Classification by Vessel Size
41. Laboratory and Imaging in Rheumatology
42. · Antibodies of Diagnostic Relevance
43. · Synovial Fluid Analysis
44. · Imaging in Rheumatology