Rheumatological Semiology
Rheumatological Semiology — Internal Medicine
How it begins
Anamnesis, examen físico, criterios diagnósticos y correlaciones fisiopatológicas de las enfermedades reumatológicas más relevantes en la práctica de Medicina Interna.
What it covers
- Clinical Rheumatology
- Introduction and Classification of Rheumatological Diseases
- · General Classification of Arthropathies
- Rheumatological History
- · Characterization of Joint Pain (ALICE or SOCRATES)
- · Directed Clinical History: Key Questions
- Physical Joint Examination
- · Inspection (Look)
- · Palpation (Feel)
- · Exploration Maneuvers — Specific Joints
- Rheumatoid Arthritis
- · Relevant Physiopathology for Semiology
- · Joint Manifestations — Classical Semiology
- · Extra-articular Manifestations
- Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
- · SLICC 2012 and ACR/EULAR 2019 Classification Criteria
- · Detailed Clinical Manifestations
- Seronegative spondyloarthropathies
- · Shared Characteristics of SpA (“SpA Phenotype”)
- · Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS) — Detailed Semiology
- Psoriatic Arthritis and Reactive Arthritis
- · Psoriatic Arthritis (PsA)
- · Reactive Arthritis (Reiter's Arthritis)
- Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies
- · Muscular Manifestations
- · Cutaneous Manifestations of Dermatomyositis
- Systemic Sclerosis (Scleroderma)
- · Classification: Diffuse vs. Limited
- · Raynaud's Phenomenon: Detailed Semiology
- Sjögren's syndrome
- · Sicca Symptoms — Clinical Evaluation
- · Extraglandular Manifestations
- Gout and Hyperuricemia
- · Pathophysiology of Acute Gout Attack
- · Clinical Forms and Natural Evolution
- Calcium Pyrophosphate Arthropathy (CPPD)
- Osteoarthrosis (OA)
- · Clinical Picture and Semiology of OA
- Systemic Vasculitis
- · Classification by Glass Size
- Laboratory and Imaging in Rheumatology
- · Antibodies of Diagnostic Relevance
- · Synovial Fluid Analysis
- · Imaging in Rheumatology
The complete study guide is in the app
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- Subject
- Internal Medicine
- Category
- Clinical Specialties
- Type
- Study Guide
- Sections
- 44
- Reviewed
- 2026-08-02