Rheumatoid Arthritis Assessment
- Destruction of Connective Tissue and Synovial Membrane
- Inflammation of Joints
- Morning Stiffness
- Nodules
- Joint Deformities
Rheumatoid Arthritis Interventions
- Heat and Cold Applications
- Therapeutic Exercise
- Balance Rest and Activity
- NSAIDs
- DMARDs
- Glucocorticoids
- PT/OT
- Reconstructive Joint Surgery
Osteoarthritis
- Articular Cartilage Destruction
- Biomechanical Stress
- Aging
- Asymmetric
- Pain Decreases with Rest
- Morning Stiffness Under 30 Minutes
- Crepitus
- DIP and PIP Joints
- Lifestyle Changes
- Acetaminophen or NSAIDs
Pseudogout
- > 50 Years Old
- Arthritis of Large Joints (Classically the Knee)
- Calcium Pyrophosphate Crystals
- Positively Birefringent
- Chondrocalcinosis (On X-ray)
- NSAIDs
- Colchicine
- Steroids
Gout Disease
- Acute Inflammatory Monoarthritis
- Primarily in Males
- Precipitation of Monosodium Urate Crystals
- Underexcretion of Uric Acid
- Overproduction of Uric Acid
- Negatively Birefringent, Needle-Shaped
- Swollen, Red, Painful Joint
- Asymmetric Joint Distribution
- Podagra
- Tophus
- After Large Meal or Alcohol
Gout Treatment
- NSAIDs
- Glucocorticoids
- Colchicine
- Impairs Leukocyte Chemotaxis
- Inhibit Xanthine Oxidase
- Allopurinol
- Febuxostat
- Inhibit Reabsorption of Uric Acid
- Probenecid
Ankylosing Spondylitis
- Chronic Inflammatory Arthritis
- "Bamboo Spine"
- HLA-B27
- Uveitis
- Aortic Regurgitation
HLA-B27 Associations
- PAIR Acronym
- Psoriatic Arthritis
- Ankylosing Spondylitis
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease
- Reiter's Syndrome
Osteoarthritis Interventions
- Balance Rest and Activity
- Therapeutic Exercise
- Heat and Cold Applications
- Intra-articular Injection
- NSAIDs
- Reconstructive Joint Surgery
Systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis Characteristics and Presentation
- Idiopathic
- Still's Disease
- Autoimmune Joint Destruction
- Onset < 16 Years Old
- Arthritis
- Quotidian Fever
- Evanescent Exanthem
- Lymphadenopathy
- Hepatosplenomegaly
Systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis Diagnosis and Management
- Increased Ferritin
- Glucocorticoids
- Tocilizumab
- Anakinra
- Joint Deformities
- Limb-Length Discrepancy
- Uveitis
- Macrophage Activation Syndrome
- Variable Prognosis