Arlene Tan Tieng, M.D., Irene Blanco, M.D., and Peter Barland, M.D.

Drs. Tieng and Blanco are rheumatology fellows, and Dr. Barland is Professor Emeritus of Medicine and Pathology, the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY.

Albert Einstein College of Medicine, CCME staff and interMDnet staff have nothing to disclose.

Release Date: 08/10/2009
Termination Date: 08/10/2012

Estimated time to complete: 1 hour(s).

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Upon completion of this Cyberounds^®, you should be able to:

• Define the hemophagocytic syndrome (HPS)
• List the rheumatic diseases that have been associated with reactive HPS
• Describe the clinical and lab manifestations of this disorder
• Discuss the life-saving treatments that should be considered early when autoimmune-associated hemophagocytic syndrome (AAHS) is suspected.

 

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