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39 Cards in this Set
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Lateral vs Medial epicondylitis are each aka?
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lateral--tennis elbow (worse c extension)
medial--golfers elbow (worse c flexion of lower arm) |
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fat pad or sail sign on arm xray indicates
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radial head frx
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what nerve involved in carpal tunnel syndrome
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medial nerve (sensory for 1-4th digits; motor for thenar muscle)
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what is smith's frx & characteristic finding on xray
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distal radius frx; volar angulation (i.e. flexion frx); "GARDEN SPADE"
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proximal ulnar frx with dislocation of radial head
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Monteggia's
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distal radius frx with radioulnar subluxation
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Galeazzi's frx
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disruption of ulnar collateral ligament is aka
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Gamekeepers thumb
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what cant pts with dupuytrens contracture do
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fully extend all fingers (usu cant extend 4th and 5th digits)
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most common frx site in pts with osteoarthritis
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proximal femur
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if leg is shortened and internally rotated...what's dx?
vs leg shortened & externally rotated |
if internally rotated: hip dislocation
if externally rotated: femoral neck frx |
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idiopathic avascular necrosis of femoral head, usu in peds
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legg calves perthes
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fat kid c waddling gait is c/o knee pain..dx?
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slipped capital femoral epiphysis
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what tests are used to see if cruciate ligament injury to knee
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Lachman test (ACL) and anterior/posterior drawer tests
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what tests are used to see if meniscal tear
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McMurrays and Apleys test
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female teen c/o knee pain with stair walking & standing from seated position...dx
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patellofemoral syndrome
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if calcaneus frx, what other frx should you look for
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lumbar compression frx
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frx at base of 5th metatarsal
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jones frx
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tarso-metatarsal frx c dislocation
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lisfranc frx
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stress frx of metatarasal (usu 3rd MT)
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march frx
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sun ray or sun burst appearance noted on bone on xray
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osteosarcoma
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synovial fluid anaylsis results:
transparent, yellow color, 2000 WBC with < 25% PMNs...what category of joint prob is this |
noninflammatory b/c WBC is < 3000 & low PMNs
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whats podagra
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aka gout (specifically gouts involvement with MTP)
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arthritis with high fever and salmon colored rash
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still's disease
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best choice for tx of acute gouty attack
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NSAIDS (ie indocin)
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avulsion of central portion of extensor tendon at insertion on middle phalanx; usu result of blow to fingertip
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Boutonniere deformity
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hallmark sign of synovitis
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bogginess
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most common cause of painful shoulder is
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impingement syndrome (tendonitis of rotator cuff)
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pt twisted knee; pain on medial aspect of knee; knee has since locked up on him twice...history most consistent with
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meniscal tear
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anterior vs posterior...
Hip dislocations usu occur? Shoulder dislocations usu occur? |
-hip dislocations usu occur POSTERIORLY
-shoulder dislocations usu occur ANTERIORLY |
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how should allopurinol be started
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start with NSAIDs or colchicine b/c if start on own then will dramitically change uric acid level and cause acute gout attack
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Kawasaki disease aka
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mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome
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tx for kawasaki's disease
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IVIG and acetyl salicylic acid (ASA)
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a spinal defect in the pars interarticularis is called
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spondylolysis
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what is most common infectious organism found in pts wiht Reiters syndrome
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chlamydia trachomatis
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knee inversion in jury while running in which pop was felt and marked swelling occurred over 10 minute period...what is injured?
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torn ACL
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only 2 diseaes causes prominent DIP joint involvement...which are they
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Osteoarthritis and psoriatic arthritis
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triad of symptoms/signs in FELTY'S syndrome
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RA, splenomegaly, neutropenia
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difference between allopurinol and probenecid for gout prevention
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allopurinol helps overproducers of uric acid;
probenecid helps undersecreters |
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mortons neuroma...what is it and whats tx
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pain on the plantar surface of foot in the area of the third metatarsal head. worse with tight shoes. pain with palpation of 3rd intertarsal space. conservative tx 1st c metatarsal cushions THEN steroid injections
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