rheumatology Flashcards
Positive straight leg test
disk herniation
Rx of acute back pain with no neurologic deficit(4)
NSAIDS
Early mobilisation
Mx relaxants
rx dure 4 a 6 semaines
Clue for whipple disease (3)
Joint pain
Malabsorption
PAS
Dx of Whipple(2)
Biopsy small intestine
PCR
quid of tropherima whippeli
Gram positive bacteria
xray in osteoarthritis(3)
subchondral sclerosis
joint space narrowing
ostophytes
joint hand involved in osteoarthritis
DIP
joint hand involved in RA(2)
MCP
PIP
Marker of systemic sclerosis
antitopoisomerase-I
digestive complication of systemic sclerosis(2)
GERD
esophageal dismotility
Most common cause of death in past from systemic sclerosis and why(2)
renal failure
because no ACE inbitor at this time
why people with multiple sclerosis can develop right failure
because of increase pulmonary artery pressure
risk of patient taking chemo in rhumatology
gout
prophylactic measure to prevent gout in patient taking chemo(2)
allopurinol
and
probenicid
most common presentation of goutty attack
podagra
quid of podagra
first metatarsophalangeal gouty arthritis
characteristic of urate crystals in gout induced by chemo(2)
negative birefringent
needled shaped
Wbc count in gout arthrocentesis
2000-50000
what’s allopurinol
xanthine oxydase inhibitor
Meds used to treat acute attack of gout(3)
colchicine
NSAIDS
Steroids
Triad of Bechet(3)
reccurent painful ulcers
erythema nodosum
ant uveitis
localisation of reccurrent ulcers in behcet(2)
mouth
penis
population touched by Behcet(3)
turkish
asian
Middle eastern population
clue for compression vertebral fractures
local tenderness upon percussion of vertebrae