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Orthopaedics/Rheumatology Flashcards

1
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Compartment syndrome diagnose

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Measure intracompartment pressure

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Treatment compartment syndrome

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Fasciotomy and aggressive IV fluid resus

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Septic arthritis cause

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Overall - staph aureus

Young sexually active - neisseria gonorrhoea

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Septic arthritis diagnose

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Synovial fluid sampling

Joint imaging

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Septic arthritis treatment

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Flucloxacillin

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OA signs in hands

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Heberdens node (DIP joint)
Bouchard node (PIP joint)
Squaring base thumb
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OA xray features

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LOSS:

  • loss of joint space
  • osteophytes
  • subchondral sclerosis
  • subchondral cysts
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OA treatment

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1) Paracetamol and topical NSAID
2) NSAIC/opiods/corticosteroid injections
3) Joint replacement

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Osteomyelitis cause

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Overall - staph aureus

Sickle cell - salmonella

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Osteomyelitis diagnosis

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MRI scan

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Osteomyelitis treatment

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Surgical debridement and fluxlocacillin

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12
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Open fracture grading

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Gustile and anderson:

1) <1cm
2) >1cm and moderate soft tissue damage
3) >1cm and extensive soft tissue damage

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Open fracture treatment

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ABCDE
Imaging
Cover with dressing
Early debridement

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14
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Common causes pathological fracture

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Prostate
Breast
Lung
Renal
Thyroid
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15
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Common location pathological fracture

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Femur

Vertebral bodies

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16
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Treatment olecranon bursitis

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RICE
Analgesia
Aspiration fluid
Antibiotics if infection

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17
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Identify osteosarcoma

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Children/teens

Metaphyseal region long bones

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18
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Identify Ewing sarcoma

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Children/teens
Pelvis and long bones
“onion skin”

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19
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Identify chrondosarcoma

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Middle aged

Axial

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20
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Most common malignant bone tumour

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Osteosarcoma

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21
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Most common benign bone tumour

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Oseochrondroma

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22
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Treatment carpal tunnel

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1) 6w conservative - wrist splint at night and joint injection
2) Flexor retiniculum division

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23
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Most common shoulder dislocation

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Anterior

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24
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Identify anterior shoulder dislocation

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External rotation and abduction

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Identify posterior shoulder dislocation

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Electric shock/seizure

Light bulb sign

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26
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Treatment shoulder dislocation acute

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Open/closed reduction
Analgesia
Sling for immobilisation

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Identify de quervain tenosynovitis

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Pain radial side wrist
Pain over styloid process
Positive finkelstein test

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What is de quervains tenosynovitis

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Inflammation of sheath containing extensor pollicis brevis and abductor pollicis

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29
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Commonly affected by dupuytrens contracture

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Ring and little finger

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30
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Identify subluxation radial head

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Elbow pain

Limited supination and extension elbow

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31
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Identify adhesive capsulitis (AKA frozen shoulder)

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Associated diabetes

Develops over few days:

  • external rotation affected most
  • active and passive movement affected

Phases:
- painful freezing phase then adhesive phase then recovery

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32
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Rotator cuff injuries - action each muscle

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Supraspinatus (most common) - abduction
Infraspinatus - external rotation
Tere minor - external rotation and adduction
Subscapularis - adduction

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33
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Identify rotator cuff injuries

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Symptoms worse when shoulder in abduction

Painful arc

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34
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Identify trigger finger

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Initial stiffness, snapping when extending

Palpable nodule

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35
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Features malignant soft tissue tumour

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Size >5cm
Pain
Deep

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36
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Colles fracture

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Fall onto outstretched hand

Transverse fracture of distal radius - dorsally displaced distal fragment (dinner fork deformity)

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Smiths fracture

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Fall onto outstretched hand

Transverse fracture of distal radius - volar displacement distal fragement (garden spade deformity)

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Bartons fracture

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Fall onto extended and pronated wrist

Colles or smith with radiocarpal dislocation

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39
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Montagia fracture

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Fall onto outstetched hand with forced pronation

Ulna fracture with dislocation of proximal radioulna joint

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40
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Galleizi fracture

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Fall onto outstretched hand with rotational force

Radial shaft fracture with dislocated radioulnar joint

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41
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Bennets fracture

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Fist fight

Base on thumb metacarpal

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42
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Identify scaphoid fracture

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Fall onto outstretched hand

Pain along radial aspect wrist
Pain pushing pulling thumb
Tenderness anatomical snuffbox

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43
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Treatment scaphoid fracture

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Immobilisation with futuro splint and refer
Undisplaced - cast 6-8w
Displaced or proximal - surgical fixation

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44
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Identify achilles tendinopathy

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Posterior heal pain, gradual onset, worse with activity

Morning stiffness

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45
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Simmonds triad for achilles tendon rupture

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> dorsiflexion of foot
Gap in tendon
Calf squeeze causes no movement

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46
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Diagnose achilles tendon rupture

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US to diagnose

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47
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Identify lateral ankle ligament sprain

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Inversion injury
Pain and swelling over ligament
Able to weight bear

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48
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Treatment lateral ankle ligament sprain

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RICE

Maybe orthososis

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49
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Identify medial ankle ligament sprain

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Eversion injury
Weight bearing painful
Hopkins squeeze test positive (pain when tibia and fibula pushed together)

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50
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Treatment medial ankle ligament sprain

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No diastasis - non weight bearing orthostasis

Diastasis - Operative fixation

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51
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Most common injured knee ligament

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Ruptured anterior cruciate

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52
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Identify anterior cruciate rupture

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Sudden twisting or lateral blow

Sudden popping sound

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53
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Identify posterior cruciate rupture

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Hyperextension injuries - dashboard

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54
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Investigation knee ligament rupture

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MRI

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55
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Identify meniscal tear

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Twisting injury
Pain worse on straightening knee
Tender over joint line

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56
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Identify chrondomalacia patellae

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Teenage girls following injury

Pain on going downwards

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57
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Identify posterior and anterior hip dislocation

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Posterior (most common) - shortenned, adducted and internally rotated
Anterior - abducted and externally rotated, no shortening

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58
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Treatment hip dislocation

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ABCDE
Analgesia
Reduction under GA
Physiotherapy

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59
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Identify plantar fasciitis

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Heel pain

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60
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Identify mortons neuroma

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Forefoot pain - most common third intertarsalphalangeal space

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61
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Identify hallux valgus

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Progressive foot deformity - subluxation 1st metatarsophalangeal joint
Abduction first metatarsal, adduction phalanges

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Leg in hip fracture

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Shortened, abducted and externally rotated

Not able to weight bear

63
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Diagnosis hip fracture

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1) Xray - disrupted shellon line

2) MRI - CT

64
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Intracapsular hip fracture treatment

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Undisplaced - internal fixation

Displaced - hip replacement

65
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Extracapsular hip fracture treatment

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Stable intertrochanteric - dynamic hip screw

Unstable/subtrochanteric - intramedullary nail

66
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Classification hip fracture

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Gardens:

1) Stable
2) Complete but undisplaced
3) Displaced but still bone contact
4) Complete bony disruption

67
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Ankle facture classification

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Webers:
A) below ankle joint, syndesmosis in tact
B) level ankle joint, syndesmosis in tact or partially disrupted
C) above ankle joint, syndesmosis disrupted

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Ottowa rules

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For ankle xray:

  • pain malleolus region and one of
    • bony tenderness lateral or medial malleolus to 6cm superior
      - cannot walk >4 weight beared steps
69
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Weber A treatment

70
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Weber B treatment

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Displaced - surgery

Stable - CAM boot

71
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Weber C treatment

72
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Most common site stress fracture

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2nd metatarsal

73
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Most common metatarsal fracture

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5th metatarsal - assocaied with lateral ankle sprain

74
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Cauda equina diagnosis

75
Q

Identify lumbar spinal stenosis

A

Back pain relieved by sitting/learning forwards

76
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Diagnose lumbar spinal stenosis

77
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Treatment lumbar spinal stensosis

A

Laminectomy

78
Q

Identify Erb palsy

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C5/6 damage
Winged scapula
Waiter tip

79
Q

Identify klumpkes palsy

A

T1 damage

Loss intrinsic hand muscles

80
Q

Diagnose iliopsoas abscess

A

CT abdomen

81
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Froments sign of

A

Ulner nerve palsy

82
Q

Identify osteochondritis dissecans

A

Usually children/young adults

Knee pain and swelling typically after exercise
Knee locking

83
Q

Mechanism axillary nerve damage

A

Humeral neck fracture/dislocation

84
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Radial nerve damage mechanism

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Humeral midshaft fracture

85
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Ulner nerve damage mechanism

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Medial epicondyle fracture

86
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Toddlers fracture

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Oblique tibial in infants

87
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Plastic deformity

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Stress on bone causing deformity without cortical disruption

88
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Greenstick fracture

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Unilateral cortical breech

89
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Buckle fracture

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Incomplete cortical disruption

90
Q

Identify talipes equinovarus

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AKA clubfoot - inverted and plantar flexed foot

91
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Treatment clubfoot

A

Manipulation and progressive casting from birth

92
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Action and mechanism injury femoral nerve

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Action - knee extension and hip flexion

Mechanism - hip fracture

93
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Action and mechanism injury obturator nerve

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Action - thigh adduction

Mechanism - anterior hip dislocation

94
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Action and mechanism injury common peroneal nerve

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Action - foot dorsiflexion and eversion

Mechanism - injury neck fibul

95
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Action and mechanism injury tibial nerve

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Action - plantarflexion and inversion

Mechanism - posterior knee dislocation

96
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Action and mechanism superior gluteal nerve injury

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Action - hip abduction

Mechanism - Pelvic fracture

97
Q

Deposition in gout

A

Monosodium urate

98
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Diagnosis gout

A

Synovial fluid - needle shaped negative monosodium urate crystals

99
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Treatment acute gout

A

1) NSAID or colchine

2) Prednisolone

100
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Prophylaxis gout

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Allopurinol - add NSAID/colchine for first 6m

101
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Pseudogout deposition

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Calcium pyrophosphate crystals

102
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Diagnosis pseudogout

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Joint aspiration - weakly positive rhomboid crystals

Xray - chondrocalcinosis

103
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Seronegative arthritis gene

104
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Systemic features ankylosing spondylitis

A

The As:

  • anterior uveritis
  • apical fibrosis
  • aortic regurgitation
  • achilles tendonitis
  • AV node block
105
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Diagnosis ankylosing spondylitis

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1) xray

2) MRI

106
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Xray features ankylosing spondylitis

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Squaring lumbar vertebra
Sacroiliatis
Syndesmophytes

107
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Treatment ankylosing spondylitis

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1) NSAID, regular exercise and physio
2) Different NSAID
3) Anti-TNF therapy

108
Q

Identify psoriatic arthritis

A

Onycholysis (seperation nail from bed)
Dactylitis (inflammation full finger)
Nail pitting
Plaque psoriasis

109
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Xray features psoriatic arthritis

A

“Pencil in cup”

Osteolysis

110
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Treatment psoratic arthritis

A

Similar RA

111
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Treatment reactive arthritis

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1) NSAID
2) Joint injection
3) Sulfasalazine and methotrexate

112
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RA genes

A

HLA DR4

HLA DR1

113
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Antibodies RA

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Cyclic citrullinated peptide (anti-CCP) - most sensitive and specific
Rheumatoid factor (RF)
114
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Identify RA

A

Never affects DIP

Symetrical

115
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RA signs in hands

A 
Z shaped deformity
Ulnar deviation MCP (knuckle)
Swan neck ( extension PIP, flexed DIP) and boutenniers deformity (flexed PIP, extended DIP) late
116
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Diagnosis RA

A

Clinical but:

  • RF if CCP negative
  • xray
  • joint aspiration
  • inflammatory markers
117
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RA xray changes

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Early:
- juxtraarticular osteoporosis

Late:

  • periarticular erosion
  • subluxation
118
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RA check response to treatment

A

DAS28 score

HAQ

119
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Treatment flares RA

A

Corticosteroids

120
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Treatment long term RA

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DMARDs:

1) Methotrexate, leftunonide or sulfasalazine
2) 2 in combination
3) Methotrexate + biologic therapy (usually TNF)
4) Plus rituximab

121
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Identify felty syndrome

A

RA + splenomegaly + decreased WCC

122
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Cancer linked to Sjorens

A

Lymphoid malignancy

123
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Antibodies Sjorens

A

anti-Ro/anti-La

RF/ANA

124
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Treatment Sjorens

A

Artificial tears

Pilocarpine - saliva production

125
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SLE antibody

A

Anti-nuclear most sensitive but not specific

Anti-dsDNA most specific

126
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Monitoring SLE

A

ESR used, CRP may be normal

Complement C3,C4

127
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Treatment acute flare SLE

A

1) NSAID

2) Consider prednisolone/cyclophosphamide if internal organ involvement

128
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Treatment long term SLE

A

Hydroxychloroquine

129
Q

Identify polymyositis

A

Symetrical proximal weakness
Raynauds
Lung disease

130
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Identify dermatomyositis

A

Polymyositis + gottron lesions and skin involvement

131
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Identify CREST syndrome

A

Oesophageal problems and sclerosis features - Limited systemic sclerosis

Calcinosis
Raynaud’s
Oesophageal dysmotility 
Sclerodactyly 
Telangiectasia
132
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Antibodies systemic sclerosis

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Diffuse - anti-scl-70

Limited - anti-centromere

133
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Identify polymyalgia rheumatica from investigation

A

Diagnosis of exclusion

CK normal, ESR raised

134
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Treatment polymyalgia rheumatica

A

Prednisolone - if no effect consider other diagnosis

135
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Treatment fibromyalgia

A

CBT and neuropathic analgesia

136
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Osteomalacia bloods

A

Decreased vit D
Decreased calcium
Decreased phosphate
Increased ALP

137
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Pagets blood

A

isolated rise ALP

138
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Pagets most common bones

A

Skull
Spine/pelvis
Long bones

139
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Treatment pagets

A

Bisphosphonates

140
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Treatment osteoporosis

A

1) Bisphosphonates
2) Denosumab, strantium randate, raloxifene, HRT

Everyone lifestyle, vit D and calcium

141
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Antiphospholipid syndrome bloods

A

Thrombocytopenia

Prolonged APTT

142
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Treatment antiphospholipid syndrome

A

Primary - low dose aspirin

Secondary - warfarin

143
Q

Osteopetrosis bone profile

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All normal

144
Q

CKD bone profile

A

Ca decreased
PTH increased
Phosphate increased
ALP increased

145
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Primary hyperparathyroidism bone profile

A

Ca increased
PTH increased
ALP increased
PTH increased

146
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Time to diagnose chronic fatigue syndrome

147
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Ig to pass to foetal circulation

148
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First Ig to be made in response

149
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Predominent Ig in breast milk

150
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Identify osteogenesis imperfecta

A

Childhood
Following trauma, blue sclera
Bone profile normal

AKA brittle bone disease

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