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17 Cards in this Set
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Classic joints of osteoarthritis
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DIP, PIP, hip, knee
<25% neurtophils <2,000 WBC |
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Classic joints of RA
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PIP, MCP, wrist
>50% neutrophils >2,000 BC |
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Gout
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>50% neutrophils
>2,000 WBC needle-shaped crystals/neg bifregence psuedogout - kneees, elbows, rhomboid shaped crystals/pos bifregence |
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Classic joints of septic arthritis
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knee
>50,000 >75% neutrophils |
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pannus
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seen in RA
articular cartilage looks like granualtion tissue due to chronic inflammation |
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Tx of RA
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Nsaids for symptomatic relief
disease modifying agents like methotrexate, hydroxychloroquine and eanercept |
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Acute treatment of gout
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colchicine or NSAIDs NOT aspirin
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Maintence therapy of gout
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high fluid intake, alkalinazation of urine
probenicid/allopurinol |
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Most common cause of septic arthritis
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staph aureus
sex. active adults - N. gonnorhea |
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Behcet's syndrome
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painful oral and genital ulcers
may have uveitis, arthritis and other skin lesions |
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Dx of dermatomyositis
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muscle bx, EMG is irregular
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Signs of Kawasaki syndrome
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truncal rash
high fevr > 5 days strawberry tounge late desquamation of palms and soles coronary vessesl vasculitis and subsequent aneurysms --> may cause MI |
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Tx of Kawasaki's Dz
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ASA, IVIG
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CREST symptoms in scleroderma
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C= calcinosis Raynauds's phenomenom, Esophageal motility, Sclerodactlyl, telangiectasia
anticentromere ab = CREST antitopoisomerase = scleroderma |
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Wegner's granulomatosis
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c-ANCA
nasal (nose bleeds, nasal perforation) lung (hemoptysis, dyspnea) and kidney (hematuria, acute renal failure) involvement tx: cyclophosphamide |
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Paget's Dz
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alk phosp markedly elevated in presence of normal calcium and phosphorous
increased risk of osteosarcoma |
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Tx of Paget's Dz
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NSAIDS, etidronate, calcitonin
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