Rheumatology Flashcards
Osteoarthritis
DIP(heberden’s), PIP (bouchard’s)
Rheumatoid arthritis
PIP, MCP
Psoriasis
DIP
Scleroderma
PIP, MCP
Heartburn + dysphasia + thickened skin=
scleroderma
Poor prognositc factors for Rheum Arthritis
Progressive synovitis
Joit space loss/erosiions
Inc Rh factor >1:80
Inc ESR
70yo F early morning stiffness >45min & symmetric small joint pain in 2nd-4th MCP and 2-5th MCP and PIP in L hand - jnt pain in R knee for 6 wks and ESR 48 - swelling of MCP and PIP RH neg wtd?
Start tx
Anti-CCP +
Antlanto odontoid subluxation
compress vertibrobasilar artery-> lightheadedness, sncope
screen for subluxation with lat xray before anesthesia
Compress cord - snsory motor quadriplegia
8mm asyx - surgical correction
Sx any size sx corretion
Pt with rheum arthritis can present with what?
carpel tunnel tarsal tunnel
Extra articular manifestations of RA
spill over of active disease from synovium
Rheumatoid nodules (inc’d RH factor (- in 15%))
Vasculitis/DR4
RF leaves joint thru capillaries-> inflamm, ulcers
Heart
Effusion
Constrictive pericarditis
Myocarditis
Lung
Rheum nodules (Caplan’s syndrome)
Pleural effusion (low glucose, high LDH, exudative)
BO
Interstitial fibrosis
Hypersenitive pneumonitis (methotrexate)
Blood anemia of inflammation
Vasculitis - nexrosis ulceration at tip of fingers
Nerve - Mononeuritis multiplex->foot/hand drop
Skin - rheumatoid nodules (commonest extra artiuular manifestation - RH factor inc’d - AgAb complex depostion)
Renal - usually lsate stage with amyloid nephropathy
Drug induced NSAID, Peniclliamine, nephrotic syndorme
Eye - scleritis - deeper - r/o globe rupture
episleritis - superficial both autoimmune
Fx vs sprain
4 steps without sx
HCV with mixed cryoglobuinemia
vasulitis and LE ulcers
Tx for RA
Mild - NSAIDS+- hydroxychoroquine (need yearly retinal exam)/sulfasalazine(reactive arthritsi)/Minocycle (leading cause drug induced lupus and hepatitis)
Mod to severe - Add methotrexate(25mg/wk, check folate level) +- low dose steroid+- Leflunomide
Severe Add etanercept (check PPD)/infliximab/adalimumab or anakinra (IL inhib)
Abatacept, Rituximab, Tocilizumab
Egg shell Ca+
siliciosis
Salmon pink rash
still’s dz/inc’d ferritin
Schools of fish or boxcar
chance - haemaphilis ducre
Tx: azithro orceftriaxone
Methotrexate contraindicated in?
Pt on bactrim, Hep B/C, Etoh liver dz
Macular degeneration
lose central vision
Reflexes
L5 lesion - no dorsiflex, no evert, no invert
Peroneal lesion - No dorsiflex, no evert, +invert
45yo p/w joint tiffness>1hr in AM, pain in MCP, PIP and pain while climbing stairs x 6wks Rh+, on tylenol no rlief - started on naproxen no relief Rh still high wtd?
Add methotrexate
Fastest acting DMARD (Disease modifying anti rheum drug) is?
Methotrexate
Which drug decreases mortality in RA
Methotrexate
Floppy iris syndrome
d/c tamsulosin before cataract surgery
What is preictor for CVS dz in Rheumatoid arthritis
Inc’d homocysteine levels