Rheumatic Disorders
Musculoskeletal Overview
Musculoskeletal Disorders
Musculoskeletal Trauma
Musculoskeletal DME
Arthritis
Labs/Diagnostics
100
Elevated uric acid could indicate this painful disorder
What is Gout?
100
Connects muscle to bone
What is a tendon?
100
Irritation or compression of a spinal nerve root, causing pain, numbness, tingling, or weakness that radiates from the spine to other body parts, most commonly the arms (cervical) or legs (lumbar)
What is radiculopathy?
100
An injury to a ligament
What is a sprain?
100
The leg that goes first when going up the stairs with crutches
What is the non-affected limb?
100
First line DMARD for RA
What is methotrexate?
100
Patients with any metal implants, clips, or pacemakers are not candidates for this test.
What is magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)?
200
Type of skin presentation in patients with SLE
What are photosensitivity rashes, butterfly-shaped rash, or discoid (coinlike) lesions?
200
Assessed by having the patient walk away from the examiner for a short distance
What is gait?
200
Treatment for bursitis and tendinitis (provide 3)
What is rest, NSAIDs, corticosteroid injection, heat/cold, PT, dry needling, or arthroscopic intervention?
200
Break across the entire cross-section of the bone, which is frequently displaced
What is a complete fracture?
200
A complication of a cast
What is a pressure ulcer, disuse syndrome, or compartment syndrome?
200
A type of arthritis that is noninflammatory and progressive
What is OA?
200
Lab that indicates rising inflammation in RA, SLE and scleroderma
What is Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate (ESR)?
300
Acute gout attack medication
What are NSAIDs, corticosteroids, or colchicine?
300
A grating, crackling sound, or sensation
What is crepitus?
300
Most common cause of compression fractures of the thoracic and lumbar spine
What is osteoporosis?
300
The C in the acronym PRICE
What is compression?
300
The side of the patient the cane goes on
What is the strong or non-affected side?
300
Disorder that causes Heberden's nodes and Bouchard's nodes
What is osteoarthritis?
300
Lab that is elevated in more than 98% of patients with SLE
What is ANA?
400
NSAID class with fewer stomach issues than traditional NSAIDs
What are 2nd Gen COX-2 Inhibitors?
400
The four categories of bones
What are long bones, short bones, flat bones, and irregular bones?
400
Medications that slow bone loss, increase bone density and reduce fracture risk
What are bisphosphonates?
400
Signs and symptoms of hypovolemic shock (provide 3)
What are thirst, anxiety, elevated heart rate, thready pulse, decreased blood pressure, cool clammy skin, decreased urine output, rapid shallow breathing, or delayed cap refill?
400
Skin traction to the lower leg
What is Buck's extension traction?
400
Systemic manifestations of RA (provide 3)
What are fever, weight loss, fatigue, anemia, lymph node enlargement, Raynaud's phenomenon, rheumatoid nodules, arteritis, neuropathy, scleritis, pericarditis, splenomegaly, and Sjogren syndrome?
400
Test that provides a quick, non-invasive 2D image by using electromagnetic energy
What is an X-ray?
500
May lead to esophageal dysfunction
What is scleroderma?
500
Smooth, white tissue covering bone ends in joints, allowing for low-friction movement and acting as a shock absorber
What is articular cartilage?
500
The primary malignant bone tumor that is most common and most often fatal
What is osteogenic sarcoma (osteosarcoma)?
500
A serious condition where damaged muscle tissue breaks down, releasing harmful proteins (like myoglobin) into the bloodstream, which can lead to acute kidney injury, kidney failure, and severe electrolyte imbalances
What is rhabdomyolysis?
500
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What is an external fixator?
500
Clinical manifestations of OA (provide 3)
What is pain worsened by activities and alleviated by rest, joint enlargement, joint deformities, and crepitus?
500
Symptoms include muscle weakness, fatigue, anorexia, nausea, vomiting, polyuria, cardiac arrhythmias, seizures, and coma
What is hypercalcemia?
600
Chronic condition where individuals display diffuse hyperalgesia and/or allodynia
What is fibromyalgia?
600
P's of neurovascular assessment (provide 3)
What is pain, paralysis, paresthesia, pulselessness, poikilothermia, and pallor?
600
Caused by extension of soft tissue infection, direct bone contamination, or hematogenous
What is osteomyelitis?
600
Most common cause of avascular necrosis
What is femoral neck fracture?
600
The number of finger widths that should be between the arm pads of crutches and the axilla
What is 2-3?
600
Abnormal tissue that erodes bone and cartilage
What is pannus?
600
Uses contrast dye injected into a joint, alongside imaging, to diagnose causes of unexplained pain, swelling, or limited motion like cartilage tears, ligament damage, labral tears, and cysts
What is arthrography?
700
The fifth (last) phase of SLE
What is damage?
700
RBCs, WBCs, and platelets are produced through this process
What is hematopoiesis?
700
Manifestations of a secondary bone tumor (provide 3)
What are unintentional weight loss, malaise, fever, bone growth, pathologic fracture, spinal cord compression, or hypercalcemia?
700
These fractures have high mortality rates (provide 2)
What are femoral and pelvic (unstable) fractures?
700
Cast care points
(provide 3)
What is not scratching the skin under the cast, cushioning rough edges, keeping dry, or elevating to heart level?
700
Works deep inside the cell to disrupt activities occurring in signaling pathways that play a role in the inflammatory and immune responses associated with RA
What is a targeted DMARD?
700
A disease-specific autoantibody that is positive for RA
What is Anti-CCP?