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Rheumatoid Arthritis - ACR 2021 Guidelines
 - Low Disease Activity
 - Moderate to High Disease Activity
Rheumatoid Arthritis ... @MithuRheum #Rheumatoid ... #Arthritis #ACR2021 ... #Guidelines #management ... #treatment #rheumatology
Inflammatory Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Monoarticular
 • Gout (Podagra, Tophi)
 • Pseudogout
 • Early
Arthritis • Systemic ... Asymmetric (Psoriatic Arthritis ... • Psoriatic Arthritis ... Inflammatory #JointPain #MSK ... #Orthopedics #Causes
Aortitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Non-Infectious Aortitis:
 • Vasculitides: Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA), Takayasu's arteritis, Cogan's Syndrome,
GCA), Takayasu's arteritis ... vasculitis (rare) • Rheumatic ... Disease (IgG4-RD), Rheumatoid ... Arthritis (RA), ... Differential #Diagnosis #rheumatology
Telescoping Fingers on Physical Exam

A 69-year-old woman with rheumatoid arthritis presented for the treatment of severe
year-old woman with rheumatoid ... arthritis presented ... Telescoping #Fingers #PhysicalExam ... Clinical #Video #Rheumatology
Causes of Knee Effusions - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Knee Effusion Red Flags:
1. Fever/Chills/Joint pain/Night sweats/Weight loss
	- DDX:
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Effusions - Septic Arthritis ... : - Reactive arthritis ... arthritis - Juvenile ... RA/Idiopathic arthritis ... Poststreptococcal reactive arthritis
Approach to Joint Pain

History:
Is the pain from:
	• Joint
	• Adjacent bursa
	• Tendon
	• Ligament
	• Bone
	• Muscle
	• Referred from
• Inflammatory arthritis ... Noninflammatory arthritis ... arthritis (RA) ... other inflammatory arthritides ... oxalate Infectious Arthritis
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
to Joint Pain - Arthritis ... arthritis • SLE ... • Reactive arthritis ... • Lyme arthritis ... #Arthritis #
Rheumatoid Arthritis Summary
Overview: chronic, inflammatory symmetric polyarthritis involving small joints of hands/feet, knees, shoulders
Signs & Symptoms:
Rheumatoid Arthritis ... joint deformities, rheumatoid ... Studies • RF (rheumatoid ... #Arthritis #diagnosis ... #management #rheumatology
JAK Inhibitors in 2019

Role in the therapeutic strategy in 2019
 • RA: 2nd line after failure
anti-TNF-apha Efficacy (Rheumatoid ... Arthritis, Psoriatic ... Arthritis) • ... #Indications #Rheumatology ... #Management
Causes of Diffuse Lymphadenopathy - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Reactive:
 - Systemic Inflammatory
     •
Causes of Diffuse ... Sarcoidosis • Rheumatoid ... Arthritis ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes ... #Hematology #Oncology