ILOs
- take the relevant patient history and clinical presentation of septic arthritis, crystal arthritis and reactive arthritis
- understand the appropriate investigations for patients presented with acute joint pain and swelling based on British Society of Rheumatology (BSR) guidelines
- know the treatments for acute gout and when to introduce urate lowering therapy.
- When we see a patient with acute monoarthritis, what should we consider as the causes?
Septic Arthritis
- How does this present clinically?
- Look at a picture showing a knee with septic arthritis
- Tell us the golden rule with acute monoarthritis…
- Outline the risk factors for septic arthritis…
- Explain the pathogenesis of septic arthritis…
- A graph showing us which joints are involved in septic arthritis…
- Tell us what polyarticular septic arthritis is…
- What are the expected findings in the synovial fluid in septic arthritis?
- List the different causative organisms of septic arthritis…
- How do we manage septic arthritis?
- Take home points with septic arthritis…
Crystal Arthritis