Treatments
Treatment of polymyalgia rheumatica
Low dose prednisone
Clinical diagnosis in a patient with findings consistent with RA but negative RF or anti-CCP antibodies
Seronegative RA
Diagnostic imaging test for knee osteoarthritis
Standing plain radiography
Imaging required for patients with clinically diagnosed hand osteoarthritis
None
Infection associated with starting biologic treatment
Tb
Treatment of RA not controlled with methotrexate
TNF alpha inhibitor
Inflammatory myopathy characterized by insidious onset, slow progression, and weakness of both distal and proximal muscles
Inclusion body myositis
Test of choice for screening for pulmonary HTN in patients with underlying rheumatologic disease
Echo
Combination of two laboratory tests with the greatest specificity for RA
Anti CCP and RF
Persistent urogenital infection associated with reactive arthritis
Chlamydia trachomatis
Antidepressant medication shown to reduce pain and improve functioning in patients with knee osteoarthritis
Duloxetine
Type of dermatomyositis with cutaneous involvement in the absence of clinical, laboratory, electromyogram, or biopsy evidence of muscle inflammation
Amyopathic dermatomyositis
Most sensitive imaging test of diagnosis of suspected spondyloarthritis
MRI of spine and SI joints
Test of choice to diagnose the cause of acute monoarticular arthritis
Synovial fluid analysis
Pulmonary disease associated with polymyositis and positive anti-Jo-1 antibodies
ILD
Initial treatment of polymyositis or dermatomyositis with muscle involvement
Glucocorticoids
Diagnosis for lymphoplasmacytic infiltration and enlargement of pancreas, lymph nodes, salivary glands, kidneys or skin
IgG4-related disease
Imaging study for suspected osteonecrosis if plain radiographs are normal
MRI
Serologic test useful in patients with an intermediate probability of spondyloarthritis
HLA-B27
Biologic agent associated with risk of abnormal lipid profile
Tofacitinib
Immunosuppressant treatment for dry eyes associated with Sjogren syndrome
Topical cyclosporine
Diagnosis for an insidiously progressive shoulder pain, stiffness, and swelling following trauma or overuse in older women
Basic calcium phosphate deposition (Milwaukee shoulder syndrome)
Preferred Tb screen for patients starting a biologic agent who are already on non-biologic immunosuppressive therapy
Interferon-Y release assay
Name and provide sequence of two serologic tests for diagnosis of lyme arthritis
Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay then western blot for Borrelia burgdorferi
Cancer associated with dermatomyositis in women
Ovarian