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SLEDAI |
SLAQ |
# | Descriptor | Definition | # | Symptom |
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1 | Seizure | Recent onset. Exclude metabolic, infectious, or drug cause. | 2p | Seizure |
3 |
Organic brain syndrome |
Altered mental function with impaired orientation, memory, or other intelligent function, with rapid onset fluctuating clinical features. Include clouding of consciousness with reduced capacity to focus and inability to sustain attention to environment, plus at least two of the following: perceptual disturbance, incoherent speech, insomnia or daytime drowsiness, or increased or decreased psychomotor activity. Exclude metabolic, infectious, or drug causes. |
2r |
Forgetfulness |
6 |
Lupus headache |
Severe persistent headache may be migrainous, but must be nonresponsive to narcotic analgesia. |
2t |
Unusual headaches |
7 | CVA | New onset of cerebrovascular accident(s). Exclude arteriosclerosis. | 2q | Stroke |
8 | Vasculitis | Ulceration, gangrene, tender finger nodules, periungual, infarction, splinter hemorrhages, or biopsy or angiogram proof of vasculitis. | 2m | Fingers/toes turning dead white or very pale in the cold |
9 | Arthritis | More than 2 joints with pain and signs of inflammation (i.e., tenderness, swelling, or effusion). | 2w | Pain or stiffness in the joints |
2x | Swelling in the joints |
10 | Myositis | Proximal muscle aching/weakness, associated with elevated creatinine phosphokinase/aldolase or electromyogram changes or a biopsy showing myositis. | 2u | Muscle pain |
2v | Muscle weakness |
15 |
New Rash |
New onset or recurrence of inflammatory type rash. |
2f |
Other rash |
16 | Alopecia | New onset or recurrence of abnormal, patchy, or diffuse loss of hair. | 2i | Bald patches on scalp |
17 | Mucosal Ulcers | New onset or recurrence of oral/nasal ulcerations. | 2d | Sores in mouth/nose |
18 | Pleurisy | Pleuritic chest pain with pleural rub or effusion or pleural thickening. | 2k | Shortness of breath |
2l | Chest pain on deep breath |
19 | Fever | >38°C. Exclude infectious cause. | 2c | Fevers (>101°F, 38.5°C) taken by thermometer |
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