Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) | Score for Predicting Risk of Serious Infection

Purpose: To identify the risk for serious infection within the next year for a patient with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) using the score of Crowson et al.

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Evaluation

Are you evaluating a patient with rheumatoid arthritis?

Yes

Age of the patient

years

Does the patient have extra-articular manifestatons of RA?

Yes

Number of comorbid conditions

ESR

mm per hours

Daily corticosteroid dose

mg per day

Time since last serious infection

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Results Interpretation and Description References Next Steps

Data complete?

Evaluation appropriate?

Total score

Risk of a serious infection within the next year

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Interpretation and Description

References

Next Steps in Evaluation

Diagnosis

Risk Factors
Clinical Diagnosis, Including Family History For Genetics
Imaging Studies
Laboratory Tests
Other Testing
Criteria For Diagnosis
Severity, Prognosis, Stage
Complications

Therapy

Prevention

Monitoring

Response To Therapy
Disease Progression
Comorbid Conditions

Specialty

Immunology/Rheumatology

Objective

risk factors
complications
disease progression

ICD-10

M05.3 - Rheumatoid arthritis with involvement of other organs and systems
M06 - Other rheumatoid arthritis
M13 - Other arthritis

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Purpose: To identify the risk for serious infection within the next year for a patient with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) using the score of Crowson et al.

Specialty: Immunology/Rheumatology

Objective: risk factors, complications, disease progression

ICD-10: M05.3, M06, M13,

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