PPT-Update in Rheumatoid Arthritis

Gregory Gardner MD GillilandHenderson Professor of Medicine Division of Rheumatology University of Washington Outline of Discussion Pathophysiology Clinical Features Treatment Update Perioperative Management. The good news is that the outlook has greatly improved for many people with newly diagnosed detected RA Of course RA remains a serious disease and one that can vary widely in symptoms what you feel and outcomes Even so treatment advances have made John Imboden MD. Rheumatoid arthritis: typical presentation. Prevalence 1%. Female > male (3:1). Peak onset: age 30s to 40s. Insidious onset of joint pain & AM stiffness lasting hours. Katy Davidson and Hannah Brown. Osteoarthritis – key features. A . degenerative. . athropathy. Most common type of arthritis. Common in those over the age of 60. More common in women (M:F 1:3). Risk factors:. By, Marissa Miuccio. Definition. What is it. Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic inflammatory disorder that typically affects the small joints in your hands and feet. Rheumatoid arthritis affects the lining of your joints causing a painful swelling that can eventually result in bone erosion and bone deformity. . PHM 142. Yunfan Zhang, Jingyi Qiu, Jeffrey Lai, Yifan Zhou. PHM142 Fall . 2016. Coordinator. : Dr. Jeffrey Henderson. Instructor: Dr. David Hampson. Clinical representation of rheumatoid arthritis . Dr R B Kalia,. Additional Professor ,. Department of Orthopaedics. Leaning Objective. Clinical Features of RA. Investigations . Diagnosis. Indications for Surgery in Arthritis. Various procedures possible. FRCPEdin. ; . FRCSEdin. “A . chronic progressive disease causing inflammation in the joints and resulting in painful deformity and immobility, especially in the fingers, wrists, feet, and . ankles”.. FRCPEdin. ; . FRCSEdin. “A . chronic progressive disease causing inflammation in the joints and resulting in painful deformity and immobility, especially in the fingers, wrists, feet, and . ankles”.. FRCPEdin. ; . FRCSEdin. “A . chronic progressive disease causing inflammation in the joints and resulting in painful deformity and immobility, especially in the fingers, wrists, feet, and . ankles”.. : Autoimmune disease that causes chronic inflammation of connective tissue. Joint tissue is permanently affected, but any connective tissue of the body might be involved.. Etiology. : Associated with the production of abnormal antibodies that attacks or attaches to the bodies own cells and tissues. Presence of the antibody called Rheumatoid factor (RF) in the affected individuals blood is indicative of the disease.. Page 1 Rheumatoid Arthritis People have long feared r heumatoid arthritis (commonly called RA) as one of the most disabling types of improved for many people with newly diagnosed (detected) RA . Abstract Objective: Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA Address for Correspondence: Rajaie Namas, Division of Rheumatology, Department Dr JW . Mojapelo. . MBChB. (. Pret. ). Dr M . Libala. . MBChB. (. Pret. ). Introduction. Arthritis is defined as a group of medical conditions accompanied by joint inflammation followed by various systemic symptoms and signs . Alan L. Epstein, MD. Clinical Professor of Medicine. University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. Disclosures. Speakers’ Bureau and Consultant:. Abbvie, Amgen, Astra-Zeneca, BMS, . Chemocentryx. , Fresenius .