Polymyalgia Rheumatica
Adult

Rheumatology

Useful Management Information

Patient resources

Minimum Referral Criteria

Does your patient meet the minimum referral criteria?
Category 1 (appointment within 30 calendar days)
Category 2 (appointment within 90 calendar days)
  • New onset Polymyalgia Rheumatica with typical shoulder/hip girdle features with raised ESR/CRP
  • Known and treated PMR established on steroids requiring further escalation of management
Category 3 (appointment within 365 calendar days)
  • No category 3 criteria
  • If the patient does not meet the criteria for referral but the referring practitioner believes the patient requires specialist review, a clinical override may be requested:
    • Please explain why (e.g. warning signs or symptoms, clinical modifiers, uncertain about diagnosis, etc.)
  • Please note that your referral may not be accepted or may be redirected to another service.

Essential Referral Information

  • Relevant history of onset, recurrence, acuity (muscle pain, morning stiffness, headaches, amaurosis fugax)
  • Details of treatments offered (if available)
  • FBC
  • ELFT
  • ESR
  • CRP

If a specific test result cannot be obtained due to access, financial, religious, cultural or consent reasons a clinical override may be requested. This reason must be clearly articulated in the body of the referral.

Additional Referral Information

  • TFTs, CK, RF, anti-CCP, Serum EPP
  • Other screening previously performed including CXR, HepB, HepC, HIV, QuantiFERON Gold (QFG), Bone density (if available)
  • Cancer screening information (if available)
Last updated 16 July 2021

Send Referrals To

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Preferred Method
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Send to: Gold Coast Health Service District

Internal Referrals

Rheumatology (E-Blueslips)

Fax

(07) 5687 4497

Post

Booking and Referral Centre
Gold Coast University Hospital
1 Hospital Boulevard
Southport QLD 4215

Enquiries

(07) 5687 2708

Related HealthPathways

No directly related pathways found

Service Availability

Dr Jacob Ijdo
Medical Director Rheumatology

Facilities

Gold Coast University Hospital

If you would like to send a named referral, please address it to the specialist listed above, who will allocate a suitably qualified specialist to see the patient. Alternatively, you can view a full list of our specialists.

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