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Giant Cell (Temporal) Arteritis: Clinical findings and Complications
Signs/Symptoms: 
 - Headache (usually constant, superimposed by waves
Cell (Temporal) Arteritis ... Clinical findings and Complications ... GiantCell #Temporal #Arteritis ... #Complications ... Symptoms #diagnosis #Vasculitis
Falls: Pathogenesis and Complications
Poly-pharmacy
Disorders affecting movement and balance
 - Sensory deficits
 - Neuromuscular degeneration/Cerebrovascular disease
 -
Pathogenesis and Complications ... Cerebrovascular disease ... - Parkinson's Disease ... - Arthritis ... pathophysiology #complications
Spondylosis - Pathogenesis and Complications

Vertebral disease that may compress the vertebral canal from all sides
Note: Do
Pathogenesis and Complications ... Vertebral disease ... pathophysiology #msk ... #complications
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE): Musculoskeletal Manifestations

 • Immune Complex Deposition
    - Arthralgia, Arthritis
- Arthralgia, Arthritis ... Erythematosus #SLE #MSK ... Musculoskeletal #Complications
Femoral Head Fracture: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Posterior hip dislocation -> Impaction force from femoral
Signs/Symptoms/Complications ... weight-bear • Arthritic ... FemoralHead #Fractures #msk
Kawasaki Disease: Clinical Findings
Diagnostic Criteria - Fever and 4/5 of the following:
 • Conjunctivitis
 • Polymorphous
Kawasaki Disease ... Signs/Symptoms/Complications ... : - Coronary Arteritis ... #Kawasaki #Disease ... Signs #Symptoms #Vasculitis
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA): Extra-articular manifestations
Skin: 
 • Inflammation of skin (esp. over areas of stress) forms
Rheumatoid arthritis ... blood vessels (vasculitis ... interstitial lung disease
Distinguishing between Inflammatory and Degenerative joint disease
Inflammatory Joint Disease
 • Swelling stimulates joint nociceptors -> Pain
Degenerative joint disease ... Inflammatory Joint Disease ... in Rheumatoid arthritis ... Degenerative Joint Disease ... Comparison #Versus #MSK
Giant Cell Arteritis (Polymyalgia Rheumatica and Cranial Arteritis): Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
 - Morning Stiffness (>1
Giant Cell Arteritis ... Rheumatica and Cranial Arteritis ... Anemia of Chronic Disease ... Symptoms #Diagnosis #Vasculitis
Psoriatic Arthritis: Complications

 • Ocular - Inflammation of middle layer of the eye (the uvea, which
Psoriatic Arthritis ... : Complications ... Cardiac - Valvular disease ... signs #symptoms #Complications