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Polymyalgia Rheumatica

Page history last edited by Mike McMahon 14 years ago

BSR Guideline 2009

 

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Criteria for diagnosis of polymyalgia rheumatica

 

Age over 65

ESR over 40 mm/hr

Bilateral upper arm tenderness

Morning stiffness of more than 1 hour

Onset of illness less than 2 weeks

Depression and/or weight loss

 

 

The presence of 3 or more of the above 6 criteria is required for the diagnosis of PMR.

 

 

The presence of any 3 of these criteria gives a sensitivity of 92% and a specificity of 80% for the diagnosis of PMR.

If an additional criterion of a rapid response to oral steroid therapy is added, this increases the sensitivity to 99%

 

Bird H. European diagnostic criteria for polymyalgia rheumatica. Ann Rheum Dis 2001;60 Suppl 1:10.

 

http://www.arc.org.uk/arthinfo/medpubs/6521/6521.asp

 

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