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Joint Pathology Flashcards

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What evaluation must you do in a rheumatoid arthritis patient before any surgery that require intubation during anesthesia? Why?

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  • anterior-posterior x-ray of cervical spine (open mouth) ▶️ rule out atlanto-axial subluxation
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Finding in joint aspiration in gout

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Negative birefringent needle-shape crystals + neutrophils

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Finding in joint aspiration in pseudogout

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Positive birefringent rhomboid-shape crystals

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Which conditions do you suspect if find pseudogout in patient minor of 50 years?

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Hemochromatosis, hyperparathyroidism, hypophosphatemia, hypomagnesemia

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Causal agent of Lyme disease, how is it spread? Pathognomonic sign

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  • Borrelia burgdorferi
  • deer ticks (Ixodes dammini)
  • erythema chronicum migrans
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Some important Arthropod-borne diseases transmitted by ticks

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“REBTYL”

  • Rocky Mountain spotted fever
  • Ehrlichia
  • Babesiosis
  • Turalemia
  • Lyme disease
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