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How is RA diagnosed

A

Clinically first

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Describe Calcium Pyrophosphate crystals (2)

A

Positively birefringent

Rhomboid shaped

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3
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What do Calcium Pyrophosphate crystals cause?

A

Pseudogout

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4
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Which nerve is most likely to be affected secondary to a Colles’ fracture?

A

Median Nerve

not radial nerve!!

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5
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Hypoxia, CNS depression, pulmonary oedema, petechial rash following orthopaedic surgery.
Diagnosis?

A

Fat embolism

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6
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Symptoms of fat embolism (4)

A

Hypoxia
CNS depression
Pulmonary oedema
Petechial rash

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Which arthritis is assoc with haemochromatosis?

A

Pseudogout

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Q

Most common cause of erythema nodosum?

A

Idiopathic

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Most common non-idiopathic causes of erythema nodosum?

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Sarcoid and UC

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