Rheum
Required to make the diagnosis of fibromyalgia
What is pain for at least 3 months?
What is rheumatoid factor?
Pain that is characterized with acute onset of disabling pain and morning/rest stiffness involving both the upper and lower half of the body with higher ESR.
What is Polymyalgia rheumatic?
Characteristic symptoms include early morning stiffness lasting more than 1 hour, pain on motion of joints, tenderness of joints, swelling, symmetric joint involvement and subcutaneous nodules
What is rheumatoid arthritis?
Treatment of choice for couple regional pain syndrome
What is gabapentin?
A common renal condition seen with Sjogren's syndrome
What is interstitial nephritis?
Medication that should never be started during an acute gout attack?
What is allopurinol?
Characterized by elevations in ESR
What is polyarteritis nodosa?
Most common joints involved in reactive arthritis
What are large weight bearing joints of knees and ankles?
Diagnostic criteria for complex regional pain syndrome
What is hyperalgesia to pinprick and allodynia to light touch, temp, deep somatic pressure or joint movement?
Common signs of primary Sjogren's syndrome
What is bilateral parotid gland swelling, dry skin, xerophthalmia and xerostomia?
Procedure preformed if we have any suspicion of septic joint
What is athrocentesis?
A condition characterized by inflammation and necrosis of the muscle tissue
What is polyarteritis nods?
Screening tests for juvenile rheumatoid arthritis
What are ANA, RF and ESR?
Work up for suspected meningitis
Labs to order when you suspect dermatomyositis
What are muscle enzymes?
How we can differentiate psuedogout from gout
What is negative birefringence?
Drug of choice for treating inflammation in rheumatoid arthritis?
What are NSAIDs?
Common ethology for peripheral neuropathy
What are metabolic conditions, malignant neoplasms, RA, DM, drug/alcohol use?
Flexion of hips during attempted passive flexion of neck
What is Brudzinski's sign?
Patient presentation with polymyositis
What is insidious onset of proximal muscle weakness?
Approach to treating a patient with fibromyalgia
What is patient education, exercise program, if pt does not respond- drug monotherapy, consult with psych or CBT?
Characteristic sign of RA
What are bilateral joint involvement, RF positive, and characteristic histologic changes?
A pattern of sensory, motor and reflex findings that occur over an acute time period
What is Guillain-Barre syndrome?
The inability to allow full extension of the knee when the hip is flexed 90 degrees.
What is Kernig's sign