Indications for kidney biopsy
Increase in Cr, unexplained decrease in GFR, or proteinuria >500mg/24hrs
Does Joint stiffness improve after rest or use?
Use
Name the Dx: Giant Cell arteritis, pain and stiffness of hip most pronounced in morning
Polymyalgia Rheumatica
Acute treatment for joint crystals that appear blue when perpendicular to polarizing light (3)
NSAIDs, Colchicine, Glucocorticoids

What's the initial treatment?
Continuous NSAIDs
This is created when a gravitational pull is so intensely strong that even light cannot escape
Black plug
Most common cardiac manifestation of acute SLE
2 Lab tests for diagnosing RA
Treatment of Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (2 meds)
High dose glucocorticoids + rituximab or cyclophosphamide
Nonpharm treatment for fibromyalgia (2+)
Education, exercise, psychosocial support
Name the Dx: Recurrent Painful Oral/genital mucosal ulcerations, inflammatory eye disease, and pathergy
Bechet's Syndrome
Necessary electrical component to ignite gasoline in internal combustion engines
Spark plug
Why do Lupus patients get false-positives on syphilis RPR testing
Antiphospholipid antibodies
Most frequently used DMARDs
TNF Inhibitors
Name Dx: 30F Japanese descent, reduced pulses, and postprandial abdominal pain
Takayasu Arteritis
Sjogren's. Supportive care
Name the Dx: fever with daily evening spikes, evanescent salmon-colored rash, arthritis, and leukocytosis.
Still Disease
Often placed into an outlet to provide electrical current to a device or appliance
Electrical plug
Mainstay of Treatment
Hydroxychloroquine
Patients receiving first-line therapy for RA should also receive what medication prophylactically?
Folic Acid
Two-Thirds of Type II and III Cryoglobulinemia are related to what infection?
Name the Dx: Slowly progression, finger and forearm flexor weakness, hoarse voice, anti-NT5c1A autoantibody
Inclusion Body Myositis
Name all 5 Major Jones criteria
Carditis, arthritis, chorea, erythema marginatum, and subQ nodules
A diffuser air freshener with the jingle "Plug it in, plug it in."
Glade Plugins
Used in acute flares and tapered over time
Glucocorticoids
Most common location of rheumatoid nodules
Olecranon
Name Dx: palpable purpura, Internal organs not affected, skin biopsy shows leukocytoclastic vasculitis without IgA deposits
Hypersensitivity
Most common Gram + organism for prosthetic joint septic arthritis
Staph aureus
Lofgren Syndrome is a type of what and how do you treat it?
Systemic Sarcoidosis and symptom management
Commonly referred to as a "hole", this small confectionary taken from the center of a donut DEFINITELY exists on the space-time continuum and therefore shall never be referred to as a hole
Donut plug