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RA, OA and others Flashcards

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What is rheumatoid arthritis?

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Autoimmune disease (chronic, systemic, inflammatory disorder affecting whole body and not just joints)
Primarily synovial joints tho
Has extraarticular manifestations
More women (35-50 YO)
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Etiology of rheumatoid arthritis

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Interaction betwwen genes (HLA) and environment

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Progression of RA

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External trigger causing autoimmune rxn and inflammatory process
Synovial hypetrophy and chronic joint inflammation
Destruction of joints (bones and cartilage are eroded)
Joint deformity

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Clinical features of RA

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Symmetrical polyarthritis
Progresses from periphery to more proximal
Usually spare axial skeleton (except C1/2)
Gradual onset with difficulty performing ADLs
May have constitutional features

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Predominant sxs of RA

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Pain, stiffness and swelling of mostly small joints of hands, wrists and forefoot (can be elbows, shoulders, ankles and knees)
Morning stiffness OVER 1 HOUR (gets better with movement)

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What is spared in RA?

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DIP joints

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Physical findings in RA

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TTP or movement of joint
Squeeze tenderness of MCP and MTP joints
Palpable synovial thickening (boggy)
Effusion (fluctuance)

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What do the hands look like in RA?

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Symmetrical inflammation of MCP and PIP
Flexor tendon tenosynovitis (decreased ROM/grip strength, trigger finger)
Swan neck and boutonniere deformities
Ulnar deviation/drift

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What do the wrists look like in RA?

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Loss of extension

Carpal tunnel syndrome (entrapment of nerve due to inflammation)

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What do the elbows look like in RA?

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Loss of extension
Ulnar nerve compression
Rheumatoid nodules most common here

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What do the shoulders look like in RA?

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Seen late in disease (because disease moves distal to proximal)
Frozen shoulder

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What do the LEs look like in RA?

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Feet/ankles: callus formation, hallux valgus (bunion), hammer toes, compensated flexion
Knees: effusion, limited ROM (flexion), Baker’s cyst
Hips: in longstanding disease there is restriction of movement

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When is the cervical spine affected in RA?

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Atlantoaxial joint instability (C1/2) due to chronic inflammation
Cervical subluxation causes neck pain, stiffness and radicular pain (radiating numbness/tingling associated with spinal nerves) that can lead to cervical myelopathy (pinch spinal cord)

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What is the significance of extraarticular manifestations in RA?

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Marker of disease severity (associated with increased morbidity and premature mortality)
Pts more likely to see this: hx of smoking, early onset of physical disability, test + for serum RF

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Where can you see extraarticular manifestations in RA?

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Skin (subcutaneous nodules), eye, pulmonary, cardiovascular (CAD), MSK, hematologic (anemia), CNS (aseptic meningitis)

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Felty syndrome

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Triad of RA, splenomegaly and neutropenia

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What is seen in radiography for RA?

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Preferred INITIAL imaging study

Soft tissue swelling around joint, periarticular osteopenia, joint space narrowing, bony erosions, subluxation

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What is the use of MRI and US in RA?

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More sensitive at detecting changes resulting from synovitis

MRI is valuable for assessing cervical spine

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What lab studies do you do for RA?

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RF, anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide antibodies, ANA (30%), CBC, ESR/CRP, synovial fluid analysis

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What is RF?

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First autoantibody associated with RA
Seen in 75-80% of RA pts (some point in disease)
Moderate specificity
Prognostic value

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What are anti-CCP antibodies?

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Autoantibody most specific for RA
Present in 60-70% pts
Specificity for RA is high
Correlate strongly with erosive disease

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CBC in RA

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See anemia of any chronic disease, thrombocytosis or mild leukocytosis (indicative of an inflammatory process)

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Why would ESR/CRP be elevated in RA?

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Parallels the activity of the disease so it would be high in an active flare

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Why is an arthrocentesis used in RA?

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Diagnosis of exclusion of gout, psuedogout or infection

Synovial fluid analysis can reveal an inflammatory effusion

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Who should be tested for RA?

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People who have at least 1 joint with definite clinical synovitis and they have synovitis that is not better explained by another disease

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What is seronegative RA?

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When people lack both RF and anti-CCP antibodies
Can be diagnosed upon findings characteristic of RA if everything else is excluded
Refer to rheum

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Main goals of RA tx

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Early DMARDs, treat-to-target strategy to get remission of low disease activity, prevent joint injury, maintain muscle strength and joint mobility

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Most important non-pharmacoloigc tx or RA

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Smoking cessation

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Pharmacologic tx of RA

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Antiinflammatory agents to control pain and inflammation used in conjunction with DMARDs (disease modifying antirheumatic drugs)

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What are DMARDs?

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Slow/halt disease progression to preserve joint function

Start early

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What is the pretreatment evaluation for before you can use DMARDs?

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Baseline serology (CBC, creatinine, ESR/CRP, hep b or c)
Ophthalmologic screening for hydroxychloroquine use
TB test
Vaccines

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Types of DMARDs

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Nonbiologic (methotrexate)

Biologic (TNF inhibitors etc)

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Prevalence of osteoarthritis

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Increases over 50

More women over 55

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Primary sx of OA

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Joint pain and functional impairment

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Most common joints involved in OA

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Knees, hips, DIP/PIP/1st CMC joint, spine (cervical/lumbar), 1st MTP joints

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Pathogenesis of OA

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Involves all the joint tissues (cartilage, bone, ligaments, synovium) due to many factors

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What happens to the joint in OA?

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Progressive loss and destruction of cartilage (joint space narrows)
Bony changes to joint: thinking of subchondral bone (bone sclerosis), subchondral cysts, osteophytes (bone spurs)
Synovial inflammation
May see soft tissue components affected

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What is pathognomonic of OA?

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Osteophytes (bone spurs)

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Factors thought to lead to OA

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Aging, joint injury, obesity, genetics, anatomic factors, females

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Clinical presentation of OA

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Joint pain worse with use and relieved by rest
Stiffness is worse after effort (so seen in evening)
If there is morning stiffness, it is less than 30 min

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Physical findings of OA

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TTP, reduced ROM, bony enlargement/swelling, joint deformity, joint instability

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What do the hands look like in OA?

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Bilateral
Heberdens and Bouchards nodes (classic)
First carpometacarpal joint is squared off

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What do the knees and hips look like in OA?

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Knees: bilateral, swelling, joint line tenderness, crepitus, limited ROM
Hips: unilateral, restricted internal ROM, pain around hip/groin, may refer to knee (if you see hip problems on an xray that is advanced disease)

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What is seen on an Xray in OA?

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Joint space narrowing, osteophyte fomration, subchondral sclerosis, subchondral cysts

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Pharmacologic tx of OA

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Oral and topical NSAIDs used most
Topical capsaicin
Cymbalta (Duloxetine)- SSRI and NE inhibitors
And others

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When do you do surgery for OA?

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When they have failed the less invasive modes of therapy

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Main presentation of polymyalgia rheumatica

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Proximal aching and stiffness (pelvic girdle, shoulder and neck)
Worse in the morning over an hour because inflammatory

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Prevalence of PMR

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Mostly over 50
Peak between 70 and 80
Females
Northern European descent

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What is PMR associated with?

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Giant cell (temporal) arteritis

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What causes the sxs of PMR?

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Nonerosive synovitis and tenosynovitis

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Clinical presentation of PMR

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Recent, discrete change in sx
Bilateral
Shoulder and pelvic girdle pain
Morning stiffness and gel phenomenon (stiffness with inactivity)

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What is seen on the physical exam with PMR?

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Limited ROM (common to see limitation of active abduction)
Normal strength but subjective weakness
Synovitis

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Diagnositc studies in PMR

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Elevated ESR and/or CRP (ESR often over 50 mm/hr)
May see normocytic anemia
Normal and negative for other tests/antibodies

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When is there the most rapid resolution of PMR?

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With low dose glucocorticoids (10-20 mg/day)

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What is fibromyalgia?

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Chronic widespread musculoskeletal pain and tenderness often with fatigue, cognitive disturbances etc
More in women (20-50)
Often occurs with RA and SLE

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Pathophysiology of fibromyalgis

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Central pain processing (heightened/altered sensation of pain)
Strong genetic predisposition

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Clinical presentation of fibromyalgia

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Widespread MSK pain
Fatigue and poor sleep
Cognitive disturbances (fibro fog)
Psychiatric disturbances

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Other sxs/disorders seen in fibromyalgis

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Headache, pelvic pain, IBS, interstitial cystitis/painful bladder syndrome, obstructive sleep apnea, restless legs syndrome

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History seen with fibromyalgia

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Widespread MSK pain and tenderness (muscles and joints) for over 3 months
Achiness

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What abnormalities are seen in labs with fibromyalgia?

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None

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Pharmacologic tx of fibromyalgia

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Tricyclic antidepressants (amitriptyline)
Serotonin and NE reuptake inhibitors (SNRIs) like Cymbalta or Savella
Anticonvulsants (Lyrics or Neurontin)
NO OPIOID NARCOTICS

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