muskuloskeletal Flashcards
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Musculoskeletal –ROS and PE
- Patient complaints: hand, shoulder, knee, hip
- PE: look for crepitus, subluxation, dislocation, range of motion, contracture, deformity, inflammation, assess for gait and mobility disturbance
- Diagnostics: X-ray of area of complaint, CT scan, US for soft tissue injury, MRI, synovial fluid aspiration, CBC, ESR, CRP, uric acid level, rheumatoid factor, antibody levels, ANA, ANCA, ASO titers
ANA- diffuse
nonspecific, drug induced lupus
ANA - peripheral
50% of SLE
ANA Speckled
SLE, Sjogrens, lupus, scleroderma, polymyositis,
dermatomyositis, pneumonitis (all based on identified antigen)
ANA Nucleolar
progressive systemic sclerosis
ANA - centromere
Centromere – limited scleroderma
Synovial Fluid Aspiration
- Appearance, viscosity
- WBC count
- Gram Stain
- Crystal identification
Musculoskeletal –Evaluation and Management
- Is it articular?
- Is it acute or chronic? - > 6 weeks is chronic
- Is there inflammation?
- How many joints involved?
- How old is the patient? • Is it drug induced?
Non-articular Conditions
- Trauma
- Fibromyalgia
- Polymyalgia rheumatic
- Bursitis
- Tendinitis
Fibromyalgia
• Defined as chronic widespread musculoskeletal pain and tenderness.
• Complaints of pain, neuro-psychological symptoms (anxiety, insomnia etc), overlaps with chronic conditions, exacerbated by
stress
• Assess trigger points
• DX – routine labs are normal
• TX – PT, exercise, treat underlying cause
Polymyalgia Rheumatica
- Patient complains of stiffness, aching, pain in the muscles of the neck, shoulders, lower back, hips and thighs.
- Occurs with giant cell arteritis
- DX - ESR, CBC for anemia, temp for fever, alk phos will be elevated, IgG is elevated
- TX – Prednisone 10 – 20 mg/day
Bursitis
- Inflammation of the bursa
- Patient will be tender over joint
- DX – by H and P, sometimes US
- TX – decrease aggravating factors, NSAID, glucocorticoid steroid injection
Tendonitis
- Inflammation of the tendon
- DX – based on exam, x-ray, US
- TX – Rest, Ice, NSAIDs, PT, surgical repair if function is loss
Acute Articular Conditions
- Acute arthritis
- Infectious arthritis
- Gout
- Pseudogout
- Reactive arthritis
Infectious Arthritis (Septic Arthritis)
• Most common organisms are Staph. Aureus and Neisseria gonorrhea
• Can be a single or multiple joints
• Bacteria enters bloodstream then enters bone/soft tissue or direct inoculation during a procedure (eg surgery or CLABSI)
• DX – CBC with diff, blood cultures, synovial fluid cultures
• TX – IV antibiotic for specific organisms
(2-6 weeks depending on org.),drain joint of pus