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Serology and Lab Testing - Johnston Flashcards

1
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Diagnostic labs for arthritis (7)

A
  • RF
  • Anti-CCP
  • ANA
  • ESR
  • CRP
  • ASOT (anti-streptolysin titer)
  • Uric acid
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RF + Anti-CCP = ____

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RA (99.5% confidence)

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3
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ANA - means what alone?

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Little - many people have them

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ASOT - means what?

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Previous streptococcal infection

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List of acute phase reactants (7)

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  • ESR
  • CRP
  • Leukocytosis
  • Thrombocytosis
  • Ferritin
  • Fibrinogen
  • Complement
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6
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Which one is higher in women?

Also higher in who?

Diseases that this is especially good for? (2)

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ESR

Older

Polymyalgia rheumatica, giant cell arteritis

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7
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CRP is a good marker for ___

Made where?

Does what?

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Any inflammation (pro-inflammatory cytokines)

Liver

Activates complement, promotes phagocytosis

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**CRP vs. ESR levels over time

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CRP – rises and falls faster than ESR

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CRP > ___ = inflammatory

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10
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RF is MOST commonly what?

Produced by what?

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IgM – against Fc of IgG

B cells in synovial joints

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11
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Patients with _____ will 100% have RF antibodies

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RA subQ nodules

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12
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Other autoimmune diseases that can have RF

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Sjogrens, SLE, Cryoglobulinemia, Primary Biliary Cirrhosis, MCT disease, Endocarditis, Sarcoidosis, malignancy

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Patients w/ RF are most likely to have what antibody?

Associated with?

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Anti-CCP

Aggressive, erosive disease

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14
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Homogenous pattern of ANA immunofluorescence

Which ones? (3)

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Drug-induced

Phenytoin, Procainamide, Hydralazine

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15
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Anti-Smith antibodies

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SLE ONLY

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16
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Criteria for SLE (11)

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Malar rash
Discoid rash
Photosensitivity
Oral/nasal ulcers - painless
Arthritis - 2+ peripheral joints
Serositis - pleuritis, pericarditis
Neurologic issue - seizure/psych
Renal issue - proteinuria or casts
***Blood disorder - HA + reticulocytosis, low WBC (under 4000), low platelets (under 100,000)
Immunologic issue - antibodies
ANAs
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17
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False positive RPR (test for syphilis)

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SLE

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18
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ASO titer

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Previous Group A strep infection

19
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Acute rheumatic fever - criteria

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JONES criteria

  • Joints (arthritis)
  • Carditis
  • Nodules (subQ)
  • Erythema marginatum
  • Sydenham chorea
20
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Digital radiography is good for looking at what?

A

Joint erosions, osteopenia, etc.

21
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Ultrasonography is good for looking at what?

Aid in doing what?

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Soft tissue abnormalities - synovitis, tendonitis, bursitis

Injecting/aspirating joint

22
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MRI is good for what?

Don’t use Gadolinium if…?

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Soft tissue abnormalities - spine, SI, synovitis, tenosynovitis, erosions

Kidney disease - will cause nephrogenic systemic fibrosis

23
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CT is good for what?

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Bony abnormalities, erosions, fractures, degenerative or inflammatory arthritis

24
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Pitting of nails

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Psoriasis

Reactive arthritis

25
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Balantitis

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Reactive arthritis

Reiter’s syndrome

26
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Erythema migrans

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Lyme disease

27
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Erythema multiforme

A

Multiple causes

28
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Erythema nodosum

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Hepatitis, Mono, Syphilis, Strep

Other stuff

29
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Discoid plaques on face

30
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Inflamed gut + sores in mouth + sores in genitals

A

Behcet’s disease

31
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Reactive arthritis - bugs

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Campylobacter
Salmonella
Shigella
Yersinia

32
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Clubbing + arthritis + pulmonary disease

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Hypertrophic pulmonary osteoarthritis (HPO)

33
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Nodules in lungs + arthritis

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RA, Wegeners, Paraneoplastic

34
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Hilar nodes + arthritis

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Sarcoidosis
RA
Lymphoma

35
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Pulmonary infiltrates + arthritis

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Septic

Wegeners

36
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Charcot’s joint

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DM – Neuropathic degeneration and distortion of a joint

37
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Cheiroarthropathy

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DM – Thickened skin, limited joint mobility of hands and fingers, causing flexion contractures

38
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Hypothyroidism can present with what?

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Carpal/Tarsal Tunnel Syndrome

39
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Arthritis + conjunctivitis

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Seronegative spondyloarthropathies

40
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Arthritis + iritis

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SNSA, Lyme, JRA, Sarcoid

41
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Arthritis + lacrimal enlargement

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Sarcoid, RA

42
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Arthritis + xerophthalmia

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Sjogren’s, Sarcoid

43
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Arthritis + Scleromalacia (softening/degeneration of sclera)

44
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Arthritis + Episcleritis

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