nurse practitioner outreach wrap up
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Nurse Practitioner Outreach Wrap up. Janet Pope MD MPH FRCPC. Objectives. To reinforce learnings of the course To present cases of common rheumatologic problems To discuss the next steps and ongoing CME. Facts. Targeting outcomes makes better disease control Similar to HTN DM Lipids - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Nurse Practitioner OutreachWrap up
Janet Pope MD MPH FRCPC
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Objectives
1. To reinforce learnings of the course2. To present cases of common rheumatologic
problems3. To discuss the next steps and ongoing CME
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Facts
• Targeting outcomes makes better disease control– Similar to
• HTN• DM• Lipids
• Thus we need novel ways to care for our area
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Case 1
• 49 year old man who works in construction• Complaining of back pain, worse with activity,
radiating down his right posterior leg• What is this?• What would you do?
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Mechanical back pain
• If less than 6 weeks of duration and no red flags– No investigations are necessary
• If back pain persists, there may be a role for team management
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Case 2
• 55 year old woman previously well• She has swollen knuckles of both hands, feet
feel in the morning like she is walking on pebbles
• It has been going on now for 6 weeks• You do labs and she is RF positive (120), ESR
66• What is the most likely diagnosis?
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Case 2
• She likely has RA• What would you do?
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Case 2
• Urgent consult to rheumatology– State: I suspect early RA
• Refer to OT/PT or TAS for education, splinting, orthodics
• Consider starting prednisone and/or NSAIDs• Consider DMARDs
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Case 3
• 42 year old woman who complains of joint pain and total body pain
• She has no swollen joints and says her fingers feel puffy and hurt all over
• She has poor sleep, she is a bit depressed• Her CBC, ESR, TSH are normal• You refer her to rheumatology and they reject
the referral
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Case 3
• What is the most likely diagnosis?• What can you do to manage her?
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Case 3
• Fibromyalgia• Education• Exercise• Amitryptylline,Gabapentin / Pregabalin,
Duloxetine
• Who can you refer her to?
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Case 4
• 84 year old woman with sudden onset of severe stiffness and pain in her shoulders and hips and buttock
• Otherwise well. No meds, no allergies • Lives independently but now problems getting
dressed.• What else would you ask?
• General exam – unremarkable• What do you order?
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Ask patient about
• Temporal arteritis symptoms– HA, scalp tenderness, visual problems, jaw
claudication, tongue pain, weight loss, feverFracture historyDiabetesOther medical problems
OrderCBC, ESR, (CRP), diffAST/ALT, Creatinine, glucose, ?RF, ?BMD
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PMR Treatment
• Ex. 15-20 mg prednisone OD• Reassess patient in a few days
• She should be back to her baseline (normal or nearly by 72 hrs)
• If she is only 50% better, you don’t have the correct diagnosis
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Case 5
• 42 year old woman• Otherwise well usually does not go to health professionals as
she was been well• Complains of awakening at night when she rolls in her ‘hips’• Pain is at the lateral side of the hip, well localized to greater
trochanter• There is no swelling or warmth but point tenderness to deep
palpation on one spot (size of a quarter) on the greater trochanter
• ROM of normal of hip
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Case
• What is the diagnosis?
• How do you treat it?
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Case• What is the diagnosis?• Greater trochanteric bursitis
• How do you treat it?• Inject the greater trochanter with steroids (ex
depomedrol) and lidocane• Try physiotherapy
• NO INVESTIGATIONS ARE NECESSARY
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Case 6
• 56 year old man, works in construction• C/O pain below right shoulder• Unable to lift arm laterally fully over head• Pain is a bit better on days off but often sore
at night in his upper arm• Pain never goes as low as the elbow• It does not go to his lateral neck
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Case
• What is the diagnosis?
• How do you treat it?
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Case 6• What is the diagnosis?• He could have • Rotator cuff tendonitis• Impingement• Partially frozen shoulder
• How do you treat it?• Injection• Analgesics• Exercises, and rest, therapy (ROM, ultrasound)
• NO INVESTIGATIONS ARE NECESSARY• Unless if it does not improve at all over months of treatment
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Case 7
• 54 year old woman with pain in many fingers on dominant hand especially
• PIPs and DIPs are stiff and swollen• She has 30 minutes of stiffness, no redness but
swelling and warmth are noted
• What is the most likely diagnosis?• What tests would you order (if any)?• How would you treat it?
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Erosive Hand OA
Bony Enlargement
DIP bony enlargementHeberden’s nodes
PIP bony enlargementBouchard’s nodes
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Erosive Hand Osteoarthritis
• Erosive hand OA• How do you treat it?• Non pharmacologic
– Education, exercises, hot wax, etc.
– Reassurance
• Pharmacologic– Tylenol– NSAIDs – po or topical– IA injections – steroids– ? Glucosamine
• NO INVESTIGATIONS ARE NECESSARY
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Case 8
• 50 y.o. man presents to the office with painful, swollen fingers
• Intermittent flares over the last year with limited morning stiffness and slight loss of energy
• Presents with the following findings:• Psoriasis X years with nail involvement• DIPs swelling and dactylitis, swollen knees
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Case 8
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Case 8
Dactylitis
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• What is the most likely diagnosis?• What tests would you order (if any)?• How would you treat it?
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• What is the most likely diagnosis?• Psoriatic arthritis• What tests would you order (if any)?• Xrays, CBC, creatinine, liver tests and Hep B and C
serology to safely start methotrexate• How would you treat it?• Methotrexate, NSAIDs, injections of steroids or
oral steroids if severe to help until DMARD is effective
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Case 9
• 74 year old woman • CHF for 10 years, CRF (creatinine 135)• Meds
– Ramipril 5mg od– Furosemide 40 mg BID
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• Presented with bilat swelling of several small joints of the hands
• Swelling, stiffness, some slight erythema• MCPs, PIPs and DIPs, wrists and knees
involved
Note tophi White or yellowish deposits under the skin
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• What is the most likely diagnosis?• What tests would you order (if any)?• How would you treat it?
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• What is the most likely diagnosis?• Polyarticular tophaceous gout• What tests would you order (if any)?• Uric acid, urea, Creatinine, AST, ALT• How would you treat it?• Allopurinol chronically, avoid NSAIDs due to
elevated creatinine and CHF, colchicine or steroids for acute or chronic flares, avoid diuretic if possible
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Case 10
• 34 year old woman from Mexico• New onset of
– Red rash on the cheeks– Rash on arms and neck and face in the sun– Swollen joints– Frequent sores in mouth– Admitted for pleuricy and elevated creatinine
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• What is the most likely diagnosis?• What tests would you order (if any)?• How would you treat it?
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• What is the most likely diagnosis?• SLE• What tests would you order (if any)?• CBC, urinalysis, Creatinine, ANA • (likely anti-DNA if ANA is positive and ENA and
maybe complements)• How would you treat it?• Steroids, renal biopsy if active urinary sediment
(blood and protein), Cellcept or cyclophosphamide
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Labs
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RF in Rheumatoid Arthritis
• In General, NOT USEFUL to make a diagnosis– Found in 30-50% of those with early RA– Found in 70-85% of those with established RA
• Conclusion: If you think a patient may have RA but the RF is negative there is still a good chance that they might
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Anti-Nuclear Antibodiesds-DNA
All ANAs
Important ANAs
ENAs
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ANA & Lupus
• 99% of patients with SLE will have a positive ANA• If the ANA is negative it is extremely unlikely that the
patient has lupus
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Next Steps• Rheumatology Update
• June 3, 2011• SJHC
Focus on the Diversity of Rheumatic Diseases
The St. Joseph’s 2nd Annual Professional Update Day in
Rheumatology
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Next Steps
• Hands on teaching• Grand rounds with MSK physical exam
• Preceptorships in London with a rheumatologist and also nurse practitioner
• Do you want more webcasts?• Other ideas
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Conclusions
• You have learned about common and serious MSK conditions
• You have more skills in history, investigation, diagnosis and treatment
• The talks are all recorded and available on our website at SJHC
• Thank-you