ARTHRITIS

LEARNING OBJECTIVES :

MEDICAL KNOWLEDGE - Students should be able to describe the:

1. Potential anatomic sources of joint pain.
2. Relationship between patterns of joint involvement and differential diagnosis.
3. Diagnostic utility of synovial fluid.
4. Differential diagnosis and initial management of acute monoarthritis.
5. Differential diagnosis of acute polyarthritis.
6. Differential diagnosis of chronic polyarthritis.

RECOMMENDED READINGS :

1. Arthritis, Harrison's On-Line http://harrisons.accessmedicine.com/server-java/Arknoid/amed/harrisons/co_chapters/ch320/ch320_p01.html.
2. Algorithms for the Diagnosis and Management of Musculoskeletal Complaints. The American Journal of Medicine 1997. 103 (6A):Supplement pp 51S-85S.