Labs Flashcards
Name the CD marker associated with ankylosing spondylitis
HLA-B27
Describe the rashes of cutanous lupus erythematous
- Malar rash for acute
- Photosensitivity rash for subacute
- Discoid rash for chronic
What do autoantibodies in sle target?
Nuclear, dsDNA & Smith
What cancer could RA cause?
Lymphoma
What anemia could SLE cause?
Autoimmune hemolytic
Age of ankylosis spondylitis onset?
20-30 years
What skin disease could ankylosing spondylitis cause?
Psoriasis
What causes urogenital reactive arthritis?
Chlamydia trachomatis
What causes gastrointestinal reactive arthritis?
Salmonella & shigella
Most common causing pathogen of septic arthritis in adolescents?
N. Gonorrhea
Most common causing pathogen of septic arthritis in sickle cell patients?
Salmonella
Most common causing pathogen of septic arthritis in humant bite?
Eikenella
Most common causing pathogen of septic arthritis?
S. Aureus & S. Viridans
What is radiofrequency ablation used for?
Osteoid osteoma
What is botox injection indicated for?
Cerebral palsy and CVA
Side effects of contrast material used in radiology
Nephropathy & allergic rxn
When is CT used?
More bone details (fracture)
When is MRI used?
Soft tissue involvement
When is US used ?
Tendon tears, dynamic pathologies and in injection of needle into joint
When is nuclear medicine studies used?
Tumors and infections
What is fluroscopy?
An x-ray video
When is radiology used?
6 Is 👁️
2 Ds 🍆
And a tumor
What is an avulsion fracture?
A part of the bone broken off due to tendon injury (pulls the bone off) happens in pediatric age more
Stress fracture vs insufficiency fracture
In stress it’s a normal bone with abnormal stress and the opposite for insufficiency