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Rheumatic Fever (PC (Polyarthritis, fever, Pericarditis "friction rub…
Rheumatic Fever
PC
Polyarthritis, fever
Pericarditis
"friction rub, pericardial effusion"
Develops 2-6 wks after infection
Myocarditits "HF"
Endocarditis "Mitral reg"
Rx
Steroid
Diuretics & ACEi for
Aspirin
Antibiotics
Dx
based on
Duckett Jones criteria
Minor
"Fever, arthralgia, perivoius RF, ESR, CPR"
Major
(Carditis, Polyartheritis, chorae, Erythema margintum)
ECG "Prolong P-R interval"
Complications
Rheumatic valvular disease
"scaring and fibrosis of mitral valve"
Is a sequela of group A beta-hemolytic strep infection
After, tonsillopharyngitis