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Guidelines for Perioperative Management of Antirheumatic Medication in Patients with Rheumatic Diseases Undergoing Elective Total Hip
Perioperative Management ... Patients with Rheumatic ... Total Hip or Total Knee ... MithuRheum #rheumatology ... #autoimmune #pharmacology
Rheumatoid Arthritis Summary
Overview: chronic, inflammatory symmetric polyarthritis involving small joints of hands/feet, knees, shoulders
Signs & Symptoms:
of hands/feet, knees ... , shoulders Signs ... inflammatory) • joint pain ... Arthritis #diagnosis #management ... #rheumatology
Rheumatology Workup - Laboratories Studies in Rheumatic Diseases

• Septic arthritis - Gram stain and culture of
Rheumatology Workup ... crystals (gout) or calcium ... ANAs RF test should ... profile (e.g., calcium ... , and low back pain
Optic Neuritis - Diagnosis and Management
 • Epidemiology: Female (75%), 18-50 years,
caucasian
 • Symptoms: Moderate visual
Diagnosis and Management ... Moderate orbital pain ... MRI: ON- focal, anterior ... Typical MS-like ON: should ... #treatment #rheumatology
CPPD vs Gout

== CPPD == 

Think About CPPD When:
 • Self-limited synovitis after surgery/trauma (> 65
weird joints (shoulders ... precipitates with calcium ... onset of swelling, pain ... forefoot, ankles, knees ... Gout #Comparison #rheumatology
SAPHO Syndrome Summary

What?
SAPHO syndrome is a rare chronic inflammatory disorder of bone, joint, and skin characterized
skin lesions + Rheumatic ... pain Clinical ... involvement: May involve anterior ... SAPHO #Syndrome #Rheumatology ... #diagnosis #management
Pseudogout Summary - Calcium Pyrophosphate Deposition Disease (CPPD)

Pathophysiology:
Pyrophosphate produced by chondrocytes likely precipitates with calcium to
weird joints (shoulders ... onset of swelling, pain ... joints ("pseudo-rheumatoid ... Deposition #Disease #Rheumatology ... #diagnosis #management