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For doctors and other healthcare personnel
Clues on referral, journal and medical investigation.
- Communicate Why the diagnoses is suspected by using keywords for the current diagnosis (please see below)
- Distinguish between symptoms and findings in the medical examinations
- Is there a legitimate suspicion of a potentially serious illness (cf. «Right to health care)?
Referral to rheumatologist
- Referral at Antifosfolipid Syndrome (ApLs)
- Referral at Antisynthetase syndrome
- Referral at Behcet's disease (Vaskulitt.no)
- Referral at Ankylosing spondylitis
- Referral at Churg-Strauss / EGPA (Vaskulitt.no)
- Referral at (Dermato) Myositis
- Referral at Fibromyalgia
- Referral at Microscopic Polyangiitis (MPA) (Vaskulitt.no)
- Referral at Polyarteritis nodosa (PAN) (Vaskulitt.no)
- The refferal at Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) (Vaskulitt.no)
- Referral at Sarcoidosis
- Referral at Sjögren's disease
- Referral at Systemic lupus (SLE)
- The refferal at Rheumatoid arthritis (RA)
- Medical examination of Raynaud's phenomenon
- Referral at Systemic sclerosis (scleroderma)
- The refferal at Takayasu arteritis (Vaskulitt.no)
- The refferal at Temporalis arteritis (Vaskulitt.no)
- The refferal at Wegener's / GPA (Vaskulitt.no)
Functional distribution in Oslo
- In Oslo there is a distribution of functions between the Rheumatological Department OUS, National Hospital og Diakonhjemmet hospital
- Patients with Systemic inflammatory connective tissue disease or Vasculitis shall be referred to OUS, Rikshospitalet
- Arthritis, spondyloarthropathies (Inflammatory joint and spinal disease) and Osteoarthrtitis shall be referred to the Diakonhjemmet sykehus
- Children (<18 years) with inflammatory joint or back disease Shall be referred to OUS, Rikshospitalet, Barnerevmatologisk section.
Norwegian Directorate of Health (Supervisor for referrals)
Medical investigation (checklists / keywords)
- Behcet's disease (Vaskulitt.no)
- Ankylosing spondylitis (Bechterews)
- EGPA / Churg-Strauss (Vaskulitt.no)
- Fibromyalgia
- GPA / Wegener's (Vaskulitt.no)
- MCTD (Mixed Connective Tissue Disease)
- MPA (Microscopic Polyangiitis)
- Myositis
- PAN (Polyarteritis nodosa)
- Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR)
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Sarcoidosis
- Sjögren's syndrome
- SLE (Systemic Lupus)
- Systemic sclerosis
- Takayasu arteritis (Vaskulitt.no)
- Temporalis arteritis (giant cell arteritis) (Vaskulitt.no)
- Wegeners / GPA
Key words for medical journal writing
- Antisynthetase syndrome
- Behcets disease (Vaskulitt.no)
- Ankylosing spondylitis
- EGPA (Churg-Strauss vasculitis)
- Fibromyalgia
- GPA (Wegener's granulomatosis) (Vaskulitt.no)
- MCTD
- MPA (Microscopic Polyangiitis)
- Myositis
- PAN (Polyarteritis Nodosa) (Vaskulitt.no)
- PMR (Polymyalgia rheumatica (Vaskulitt.no)
- Rheumatoid arthritis (RA)
- Sjögren's syndrome
- SLE (Systemic Lupus)
- Systemic sclerosis
- Takayasu arteritis (Vaskulitt.no)
- Temporal arteritis (giant cell arteritis) (Vaskulitt.no)
- Wegeners / GPA
- «Differential diagnosis'and'Classification criteria»Are listed on the pages for these diseases
Diagnose Codes (ICD-10)
- Vasculitis diseases and related conditions are described on VASKULITT.no.
- Connective tissue disease and similar conditions are described on Bindevevssykdommer.no
- See Grans Compendium in rheumatology
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