Polymyalgia Rheumatica Criteria
Polymyalgia Rheumatica Diagnostic Criteria - Healey Pain: To meet criteria, 2 of the following 3 areas below must have pain [select name="neck" value="no=0|YES=0.5"] <-- Pain at neck [select name="shoulders" value="no=0|YES=0.5"] <-- Pain at shoulders [select name="hips" value="no=0|YES=0.5"] <-- Pain at pelvic girdle ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [select name="age" value="no=0|YES=1"] <-- Age over 50 years [select name="pain" value="no=0|YES=1"] <-- Pain persisting for at least one month [select name="stiff" value="no=0|YES=1"] <-- Morning stiffness lasting more than 1 hour [select name="steroid" value="no=0|YES=1"] <-- Rapid response to prednisone (20 mg/day or less) [select name="esr" value="no=0|YES=1"] <-- Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) > 40 mm/hour [select name="excluded" value="no=0|YES=1"] <-- Absence of other diseases capable of causing the musculoskeletal symptoms Interpretation --> [calc memo="Interpretation" value="score=(age)+(pain)+(neck)+(shoulders)+(hips)+(stiff)+(steroid)+(esr)+(excluded);score>6.9?'Meets criteria for polymyalgia rheumatica':'Does not meet criteria for polymyalgia rheumatica'"] [checkbox memo="display/hide references" name="footnotes" value=""][conditional field="footnotes" condition="(footnotes).is('')"] reference: [link url="//www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6729485" memo="#1"] Healey LA. Long-term follow-up of polymyalgia rheumatica: evidence for synovitis. Semin Arthritis Rheum. 1984 May;13(4):322-8. [/conditional]
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