Rheumatology 1
Major benefit of NSAIDs in RA
Symptom control
Nonpharmacologic fibromyalgia therapy
Disease education, aerobic exercise, psychosocial support
Drug therapy for all patients with SLE without contraindications
Hydroxychloroquine
Common sites of enthesitis in psoriatic arthritis
Achilles tendon, plantar fascia
Gastrointestinal pathogens associated with reactive arthritis
Salmonella, Shigella, Campylobacter, Yersinia
Most specific serologic test for RA
Anti–cyclic citrullinated peptide antibody
SNRIs approved for fibromyalgia
Duloxetine and milnacipran
Skin rash in reactive arthritis
Keratoderma blennorrhagicum
Rheumatologic diseases most commonly associated with secondary Sjögren disease
RA and SLE
An infectious cause of mixed cryoglobulinemia
Hepatitis C virus infection
Treatment of suspected giant cell arteritis
Immediate high-dose glucocorticoids
Late RA radiographic findings of hands and/or feet
Periarticular osteopenia, marginal erosions, joint-space narrowing
SLE-related annular rash with central clearing or erythematous plaques and papules
Subacute cutaneous lupus erythematosus
Cause of airway obstruction in relapsing polychondritis
Involvement of tracheal rings
Coadministration with colchicine reduces hepatic catabolism and could lead to colchicine overdose
CYP3A4 inhibitors (such as clarithromycin)
Major cause of excess death in patients with RA
Coronary artery disease
Major cause of death in mixed connective tissue disease
Pulmonary arterial hypertension
Rheumatologic conditions associated with higher risk for coexistent fibromyalgia
Sjögren disease, SLE, rheumatoid arthritis
Insidious onset of proximal and distal symmetric muscle weakness
Inclusion body myositis
GI disease risk in patients with ankylosing spondylitis
IBD
Most effective maintenance therapy in granulomatosis with polyangiitis
Rituximab
Definitive knee OA therapy after failure of conservative measures
Knee joint replacement
Acute severe myopathy and anti–HMG Co-A reductase antibodies
Immune-mediated necrotizing myopathy
External ear redness and swelling without ear lobe involvement
Relapsing polychondritis
Inflammatory marker that may be normal in active SLE
C-reactive protein