Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (sle) in Medicine / Internal Medicine — 28yo Woman | Rheumatology | SMLE Q#17786
SMLE Question #17786
Medicine / Internal Medicine
Rheumatology
Objective: OBJ-383
Last updated: February 2026
A 28-year-old woman with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is followed in the outpatient clinic for a flare with arthritis and pleuritic chest pain. She was prescribed prednisolone 60 mg orally daily and continued the same dose for 12 weeks. Two days before she was found, her family reports worsening epigastric pain with nausea, and she did not seek medical care. She is later found unresponsive at home and pronounced dead. What is the most likely cause of death?
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