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Does a positive anti-ccp confirm dx of RA?

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No

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How long do symptoms need to go on before you can really think RA?

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6 weeks

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What lab tests must be done as baseline and followed prior to starting MTX?

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LFT

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What is the R in “median Trap”?

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Rheumatoid Arthritis

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What are some pretty typical components of the RA clinical picture?

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Over 6 weeks

large number of joints

small joints affected

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If you aspirate a septic joint, in general what is the most common organism you will find?

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S. aureus

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What infections might you expect in the septic joint of a gardener?

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Sporotrichx schenkii

Nocardia

Blastomycosis

Pantoea (enterobacter) agglomerans

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If exposed to spagnum moss you should think what organism?

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Sporotrichosis

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If exposed to rose bushes, think?

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Nocardia

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Exposed to decomposing wood?

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Blastomycosis

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What are the 6 main exams that you need to do on an RA patient?

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  1. Eye
  2. Mouth
  3. Neck
  4. Lung
  5. Skin
  6. Abdominal
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What might be found in an RA patient’s eye exam?

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  1. Scleritis
  2. scleromalacia perforans
  3. Rheumatoid nodules
  4. Dry eyes
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What might you see on oral inspection of a patient with RA?

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  1. Xerostomia
  2. Dental caries
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What might you find on neck exam/imaging of a patient with RA?

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  1. A-A subluxation
  2. Erosion of the odontoid process
  3. C-Spine ankylosis
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If an RA patient has a subluxed AA, what do they tend to have symptom wise from this?

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C2 radiculitis and myelopathic symptoms, including extremity weakness, gait

and balance problems.

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What are some lung findings you might see in an RA patient?

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  1. Cough
  2. Dyspnea
  3. Crackles (d/t pulmonary fibrosis)
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When listening to an RA patients lungs what should you have them do?

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Cough, if the crackles clear you know it isn’t fibrosis. If they remain, then it points to pulmonary fibrosis of some sort.

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What are some skin lesions you might see in an RA patient? 5

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  1. Rheumatoid nodules
  2. pyoderma gangrenosum
  3. Sweet’s syndrome
  4. Circle purpura d/t small vessel vasculitis (early)
  5. Livedo Reticularis (much more common in SLE or polyarteritis nodosum)
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What is Caplan’s syndrome?

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Combination of pulmonary rheumatoid nodules and pneumoconiosis d/t silica, coal dust or asbestos

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If an RA patient with an eroded odontoid process undergoes anesthesia, what may happen?

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The relaxation can lead to “pithing” the patient and they can die.

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What is the process that leads to pyoderma gangrenosum and Sweet’s syndrome?

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IL - 8 signals for neutrophils, which produce cytokines and inflammatory mediators that lead to these conditions.

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What is scleromalacia perforans?

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The sclera perforates and the humor of the eye leaks out, leaving the eye flat.

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What might you find in abdominal exam?

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  1. Splenomegaly
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What is Felty’s syndrome?

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  1. Splenomegaly
  2. Anemia
  3. Neutropenia/Nodules
  4. Thrombocytopenia
  5. Arthritis

Santa’s Felty cap

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What is shown here?
1. Swan neck deformity 2. Boutonniere deformity
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What is shown here? What are two conditions this is seen in?
AA subluxation RA and DISH
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If a patient has rheumatoid nodules, what does this tell you about the patients disease?
1. Will be RF seropositive 2. More likely to have anti-ccp (ACPA) 3. Greater chance of vasculitis
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Is there RF negative RA? What will probably be absent?
Yes Probably no nodules
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What is this? Seen in?
Neutrophilic dermatosis/Sweet’s syndrome - Seen in RA
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What is this finding? Seen in?
Small vessel vasculitis – circular purpura RA
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What is shown here?
Pyoderma Gangrenosum
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What percent of Felty's syndrome patients have rheumatoid nodules?
~75%
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What are the four classification criteria for RA diagnosis?
1. Number and site of involved joints 2. Serological abnormality 3. Elevated acute phase response 4. Symptom duration
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The number and site of involved joints can pump the RA score from 1-5 points. What does it take to get... * 1 point * 2 points * 3 points * 5 points
* 1 point: 2-10 large joints * 2 points: 1-3 small joints * 3 points: 4-10 small joints * 5 points: Over 10 joints with at least one small joint
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According to the 2010 classification criteria for RA, how many points are needed for a dx of RA?
6/10
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What is the hot new diagnostic tool for RA?
14-3-3n
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14-3-3η is a member of the 14-3-3 proteins, a group of highly conserved proteins composed of several isoforms that are involved in?
1. Regulation of protein phosphorylation 2. mitogen-activated protein kinase pathways
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14-3-3η is useful in?
Diagnosing Early RA
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Rheumatoid Factor is what?
Anti IgG in the form of either IgM or IgG
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Which is a worse disease course, RF from IgM or IgG?
IgM
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Another scoring method for RA is the multibiomarker disease activity score (MBDA). What is a high score? What would that indicate?
A high score, MBDA \> 44, indicates rapid radiologic progression and response to TNFi therapy.
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What are four rheumatic diseases where RF may be seen?
1. Cryoglobulinemia\* 2. Sjogrens 3. RA 4. MCTD
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What are some infections that can come with +RF? One category is viruses, what virus in particular?
Parasites Leprosy SBE Viruses (Hep C especially)
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What are some lung diseases with RF positivity?
Silicosis IPF
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What is one organism that inhabits the oral cavity and tends to nudge people into RA? How does it do this?
Porphyromonas gingivalis - pumps out cyclic citrullinated protein in excess quantity, leading to the body mounting an anti-CCP response, starting the RA course.
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What are some other organisms besides Porphyromonas gingivalis that can lead to RA?
Prevotella Lepotrichia Proteus mirabilus
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What HLA haplotype is associated with a predisposition for RA?
HLA-DRB (SE Allele carriers)
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What imaging modalities may be useful in assessing RA?
X-ray MRI US
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What is another abbreviation we should know for Anti-CCP?
ACPAs - apparently this one is more common in practice
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What is shown here? Disease?
Marginal erosions at the radial side of the PIPs with joint space narrowing RA
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What is shown in this x-ray?
Gout - note the more significant lateral extensions from the bone
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What is shown here?
MRI in RA showing erosion
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What is the obscured finding in this US from an RA patients hand?
An erosion
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In early RA, what cells hyperplase? What cells activate?
1. Synovial cell hyperplasia 2. endothelial cell activation
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CD4 T cells, mononuclear phagocytes, fibroblasts, osteoclasts, and neutrophils, and B cells (RF) play major roles. Cytokines, chemokines, and other inflammatory mediators are active, and include?
1. IL-1 2. IL-6 3. IL-8 4. TGF-B 5. FGF 6. PDGF
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Ultimately, inflammation and exuberant proliferation of the synovium (ie, pannus) leads to destruction of?
1. cartliage 2. bone 3. tendons 4. ligaments 5. blood vessels
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What are some other forms of arthritis that RA must be distinguished from? 5
1. Osteoarthritis 2. Gout 3. Spondyloarthropathies 4. Lyme arthritis 5. FMF (famillial mediterranean fever)
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What are some infections that can produce an RA like clinical picture? 2
Parvo B19 Hepatitis C
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What are four collagen vascular diseases that can produce an RA type clinical picture?
1. SLE 2. Polymyalgia rheumatica 3. Wegeners 4. RF
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What is used to gauge therapeutic strategy and prognosis in rheumatoid arthritis?
Disease activity score 28 (DAS28)
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What are the components of the DAS28? 4
1. # of tender joints 2. # of swollen joints 3. ESR 4. Patient rating of global arthritis during last week: 0-100
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What is yet another test that we can use to evaluate RA disease activity?
Vectra test ( 12 biomarkers)
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The vectra test uses 12 biomarkers with emphasis on which 3?
1. CRP 2. IL-6 3. SAA
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What vectra scores fall into the low, moderate and high ranges?
Low: 1-29 Moderate: 30-44 High: 45-100
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What are the components of triple therapy?
1. MTX 2. Sulfasalazine 3. Hydroxychloroquine
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What are the biologic DMARDS?
TNFi - Abatacept – blocks T cell costimulation Rituximab – depletes B cells Tocilizumab - blocks IL6 receptor Tofacitinib – inhibits Janus Kinase 3
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What drugs are interfering with the RA process at each point indicated by a red box?
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If a patient has an RA clinical picture that could be characterized as severe, what do we want to do to treat?
MTX and biological DMARDs
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What are some complications of long term RA? 6
1. MI 2. Osteoporosis 3. NSAID bleeds 4. GI perforations 5. Lymphoma 6. GU malignancies
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How long before an anti RA regimen consiting of MTX and Etanercept kicks in?
4 months minimum, but likely 6 - 12 months
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