Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: What does the Primary Care Doctor Need to Know?

Overview:

Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease that can affect every organ in our body. Diagnosing SLE in the primary care setting can be challenging due to non-specific signs and symptoms that may overlap with other diseases. In this presentation, Dr. El Kour will give an overview of SLE with a focus on diagnostic criteria, clinical manifestations, and serologic testing.

Objectives:

1. Understand the clinical manifestations of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus.
2. Recognize the importance of serologic testing in the evaluation of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus.
3. Review differential diagnosis of positive Anti-Nuclear Antibody Test beyond Systematic Lupus Erythematosus.

Presenter:

Maya El Kour, MD
Assistant Professor/Clinical
Department of Medicine
Division of General Medicine and Division of Rheumatology
UT Health San Antonio

 

Financial Disclosures:

Maya El Kour, MD has no financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.

The Family & Community Medicine Professional Development and Grand Rounds Committee members (Mark Nadeau, MD, Marcy Wiemers, MD, Maria Del Pilar Montañez Villacampa, MD, Christine Song, DO, Nehman Andry, MD, Gabriela Lopez, PsyD, Yun Shi, MD, Stacy Ogbeide, PsyD, Inez I. Cruz, PhD, and Nichole Rubio) have no financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.

The Family & Community Medicine Professional Development and Grand Rounds Committee member Carlos Roberto Jaén, MD has disclosed he receives royalties from General Practice and Family Medicine for being UpToDate Editor-in-Chief.

Credits:

AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (1.00 hours), Non-Physician Participation Credit (1.00 hours)

Target Audience:

Specialties – Primary Care; Family Medicine
Faculty, residents, other health care providers and staff from our department; physicians and health care providers from San Antonio and South Texas; and medical students in our third-year clerkship and fourth year rotations.

Accreditation:

The UT Health Science Center San Antonio is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit Designation:

The UT Health Science Center San Antonio designates this live activity up to a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.

Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Nurses and other healthcare professionals will receive a Certificate of Attendance. For information on applicability and acceptance, please consult your professional licensing board.

For activity related questions, please contact:
Name: Nichole Rubio- FCM Grand Rounds Coordinator
Email: rubion@uthscsa.edu

For CME general questions, please contact
Ph: (210) 567-4445
Email: cme@uthscsa.edu