Identification of clinical predictors of flare in systemic lupus erythematosus patients: a 24-month prospective cohort study.

Objective: SLE has a relapsing-remitting course with disease activity flares over time. This study aims to identify clinical predictors of SLE flares.

Methods: This prospective cohort study over 24 months included all SLE patients on follow-up at one academic lupus clinic.

Spontaneous pneumomediastinum: case report.

Objective: The description of this case is due to the rarity of this clinical entity and its semiotic diversity, which implies a high level of suspicion for a correct diagnosis.

Methods: Description of a clinical case, based on the data referred to in the clinical process.

Results: The case describes a young male patient, attended to at the emergency room due to right chest pain, which further investigation revealed to be consistent with spontaneous pneumomediastinum.