Musculoskeletal Flashcards
hyperuricemia
cell turn over, cyclosporine dehydratation diabetes insipidus diet diuretics lead poisoning lesch-nyhan syndrome salicylate3s starvation
rheumatoid arthritis HLA?
HLA-DR4
CREST Sx
calcinosis raynaud phenomenon esophageal dysmotility sclerodactyly telangiectasias
SLE
specific isolated skin and joint involvement?
severe cases?
skin and joint=hydroxychloroquine
severa cases=cyclophosphamide
best initial test in dermatomyosis
CPK and aldolase
best initial test for ankylosing spondyliyis
sacroileac X ray (look ofr sacroileac joint narrowing)
witch part of the complemente is decrease in SLE and HEP C
SLE=C3
Hep C= C4
SLE flare
hypocloment and increase adn increase in DS-Ab
wegeners best place for biopsy
lung biopsy
worst complication of sjogren
lymphoma
best i nitial test for sjogren and confirmatory test
initial test= Schirmer test
confirmatory= lip biopsy
best initial test for antiphospholipd syndrome
Mixing study
you confirm with russell viper venom
young women with fever spikes and salmo colored rash on chest and abdomen
junenile rheumatoid arthritis
most common type of glomerulonephritis in lupus
membranous glomerulonephritis
initla fibromyalgia treatment
amitiptyline