Rheumatology

Inflammatory markers

Questions discussed in this category

How do you approach the workup for a patient with persistently elevated inflammatory markers (CRP and ESR) whose history and exam do not point to a clear cause?

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How do you interpret elevations in ESR and CRP in the setting of increased BMI?

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Do you follow patients with elevated ESR/CRP if their work-up for rheumatologic etiology is unrevealing and no other cause is identified?

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Papers discussed in this category

PET Clin, 2020 Feb 11

18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose PET/Computed Tomography in the Diagnosis and Monitoring of Giant Cell Arteritis.

Rheumatology (Oxford), 2022 Jul 22

PET/CT of cranial arteries for a sensitive diagnosis of giant cell arteritis.

Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken), 2017 Dec

Impact of Obesity and Adiposity on Inflammatory Markers in Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis.

JAMA, 1999 Dec 08

Elevated C-reactive protein levels in overweight and obese adults.

Reumatologia, 2020 Feb 28

The impact of obesity on inflammatory markers used in the assessment of disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis - a cross-sectional study.

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