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)

• Link to the referral supervisor is here

Medical investigation (checklists / keywords)

• Antisynthetase syndrome

• 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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