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Journals club - Rheumatoid arthritis and cardiovascular disease risk

that rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is associated with a 50 per cent increase in risk of cardiovascular death compared with the general population ( Arthritis Rheum 2008; 59: 1,690-7 ). Women with RA are twice as likely to suffer ... -alpha blockers appeared to be associated with a reduced risk of cardiovascular disease ( Arthritis Res Ther 2008 ...

Education: Pictorial case study

with PG have an underlying problem, such as ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease, rheumatoid arthritis, chronic active hepatitis, or myeloid blood dyscrasias. Usually sudden onset of small red pustule ...

RCGP Curriculum - 3.6 Research and Academic Activity

This section of our curriculum guide refers to statement 3.6, Research and Academic Activity...of skills from GPs. Academic activity by GPs also comprises teaching and reflective practice, which ...

Pictorial case study: Systemic lupus erthematosus

double stranded DNA is exclusive to SLE. Around 40 per cent of patients are rheumatoid factor positive. Possible different diagnosis Rheumatoid arthritis. Reactive arthritis. Viral infection. Sarcoidosis and vasculitis. Differential diagnosis Rheumatoid arthritis Can present at any age, but is most common ...

Pictorial Case Study: Insect bite

with intermittent inflammatory arthritis, cranial nerve palsies, chronic neuropathy and chronic fatigue. Early ... there is neuropathy or encephalitis. Possible Differential diagnoses Fibromyalgia Rheumatoid or reactive arthritis Systemic lupus erythematosus Aseptic meningitis Bell's palsy ...

Pictorial case study

persistent pain. POSSIBLE DIFFERENT DIAGNOSES Rheumatoid arthritis Squamous cell carcinoma ... The case This man had first noticed swelling on the back of his hand about nine months earlier. His GP had made a diagnosis of arthritis and prescribed an NSAID to ease the symptoms. Six months ...

Pictorial case study: Dupuytren’s contracture or palmar fascial fibromatosis

with rheumatoid arthritis and diabetes. Contributed by Dr Gwen Lewis, a GP in Windsor, Berkshire ...

RCGP Curriculum - 15.9 Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal

Chronic arthropathies Pain and rheumatoid arthritis 10-Jun-10 Clinical review: Rheumatoid arthritis 30-May-08 Expert opinion: Psoriatic arthritis update 01-Sep-07 ... rashes, tiredness, nerve compression Diagnosis and care of septic arthritis - the basics 23-Nov ...

Medico-legal - The internet-informed patient

Mrs S, a 50-year-old receptionist, has had rheumatoid arthritis for 10 years. She visits her GP, Dr F, to obtain a drug that she has read about on the internet. Dr F declines to prescribe the drug ... . This scenario reflects a modern phenomenon, the rise of the 'activated patient'. The web contains a broad ...

MRCGP - Revising for the AKT and CSA

fingers. I was clueless. It turns out she had rheumatoid arthritis, and had been treated in the past ...

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