MSK + rheumatology Flashcards
Clinical presentation of osteoarthritis
- F>M
- Obesity
- Large weight bearing joints
- Pain worsened with movement
- Stiffness on rest
- Bone swelling on fingers
Treatment of osteoarthritis
- Paracetamol (work up analgesic ladder)
- Cortisol injections
- Joint replacement
- Weight loss
Define rheumatoid arthritis
- Autoimmune disease
- Symmetrical
- Deforming
- Peripheral polyarthritis
Clinical presentation of RA
- Pain in affected joints
- Hand deformities
- Ulnar deviation
- Swan neck
- Boutenniere deformity (concave thumb)
- Scleritis (eyes)
- Pleural effusion
- Pericarditis
Diagnosis of RA
MORE THAN 6 WEEKS + MORE THAN 6 OF BELOW
1. Rheumatoid factor = +ve
2. Finger/hand/wrist involvement
3. Rheumatoid nodules
4. 3 or more joints
5. Morning stiffness
6. Erosion on x ray
7. Symmetrical
BLOODS
1. Rheumatoid factor
2. Anti-ccp
3. ESR
Treatment of RA
- Methotrexate with folate (but not same time)
- DMARDs
- Steroids
- Anti-TNF
- NSAIDs + opioids for pain management
Define osteoporosis
- Decrease in bone mass + micro-architectural deterioration
- Increase in bone fragility
Aetiology of osteoporosis
- ENDOCRINE
- Cushing’s
- Parathyroid
- HAEMTOLOGY
- Myeloma
- GI
- Malabsorption
- LATROGENIC
- Steroid use
Presentation + diagnosis of osteoporosis
- Not clinically apparent until fracture
- DEXA scan (T-score < -2.5)
- RISK ASSESSMENT
- FRAX
- Qfracture
Treatment of osteoporosis
- Bisphosphonates
- Monoclonal antibody
- HRT
- Smoking + alcohol cessation
- Calcium + Vit D
Define Lupus (SLE)
- Inflammatory
- Multisystem
- Autoimmune
- With arthralgia
- Rashes
Clinical presentation of SLE
- Joint pain
- Skin rash
- Serositis
- Glomerulonephritis + proteinuria
- Depression + psychosis
Diagnosis of SLE
- ESR/CRP
- Antinuclear antibody
- Serum C3 and C4
Treatment of SLE
- Steroids
- Hydrochloroquine
- Methotrexate
State microbes involved in septic arthritis
- Staph. Aureus - most common
- Staph. epidermis - prosthetic joints
- Strep. Pyogenes - children < 5
- Neisseria gonorrhoeae - sexually active
- Pseudomoonas aeruginosa - immunosuppressed, elderly, IVDU
Clinical presentation of septic arthritis
- Hot tender swollen joint
- Fever
- Limited range of movement
- Difficulty weight bearing
Diagnosis of septic arthritis
- Joint aspiration
- Yellow and cloudy synovial fluid
- Blood cultures
- FBC: leukocytes
- CRP + ESR
- US + MRI
Treatment of septic arthritis
- Antibiotics
- IV 2/52 then oral 4/52
- Flucloxacillin (Clindamycin if penicillin allergy)
- MRSA = vancomycin
- Gonococcal or gram -ve = cefotaxime
- Surgery
- Arthroscopic washout if above fails or prosthetic joint
Define Osteomyelitis
- Bacterial infection of any bone of skeleton
- inflammatory