Friday 26 January 2018



Major criteria for Rheumatic fever are:

Chorea carditis polyarthritis
erythema marginatum nodules (subcutaneous)

Minor criteria are:

fever arthralgia
raised inflammatory markers previous rheumatic fever prolonged PR on ECG

2 major or 1 major and 2 minor satisfy criteria for Rheumatic Fever.


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