Ortho tut - Knee and Hip Colloqium

Question 1

atraumatic causes of knee effusion?

Answer 1

septic arthritic
gout
inflam arthritis
rheumatoid
coagulopathy

Question 2

two broad causes of effusion

Answer 2

traumatic

atraumatic

Question 3

treatment for glomerulonephritis is? how can that affect hip pain?

Answer 3

prednisolone

risk of avascular necrosis and osteoporosis

Question 4

how to assess severity of hip pain?

Answer 4

how much medication?

limiting function?

Question 5

non response to paracetomol could mean?

Answer 5

strong pain pathology

psycho-social?

Question 6

3 outcome measures used?

Answer 6

pain, stiffness, mobility
oxford hip score
MAPT

Question 7

what not to miss in hip pain differential?

Answer 7

tumour

infection

Question 8

Negative thomas test means?

Answer 8

OA is not significant

Question 9

4 signs of OA on x-ray?

Answer 9

subchondral cysts
osteophytes
sclerosis
joint space loss

Question 10

deep hip muscle external rotators

Answer 10

gemelli superior
gemelli inferior
piriformis
obturator internus

Question 11

how can INR be up without warfarin?

Answer 11

Liver failure, Alcoholic liver

Question 12

why get an ECG before THR?

Answer 12

baseline to check for changes

Question 13

contraindication for spinal or epidurals?

Answer 13

Aortic stenosis