RT Book, Section
A1 Bongartz, Timothy
A1 Dingle, Jodi A.
A2 Knoop, Kevin J.
A2 Stack, Lawrence B.
A2 Storrow, Alan B.
A2 Thurman, R. Jason
SR Print(0)
ID 1181053183
T1 Rheumatoid Arthritis
T2 The Atlas of Emergency Medicine, 5e
YR 2021
FD 2021
PB McGraw-Hill
PP New York, NY
SN 9781260134940
LK accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1181053183
RD 2024/04/19
AB Rheumatoid  arthritis  (RA)  is  a  peripheral,  symmetric,  and  inflammatory  polyarthritis.  Most  manifestations  of  RA  are  subacute  in  nature,  including  gradual  onset  of  morning  stiffness,  excessive  fatigue,  and  synovitis  in  various  joint  areas,  most  commonly  the  wrists,  metacarpophalangeal,  interphalangeal,  and  shoulder  joints,  knees,  and  neck.  There  are,  however,  acute  and  a  rapidly  worsening  manifestations  of  RA  that  can  be  life  threatening.  Several  different  extra-articular  manifestations  can  be  seen  such  as  pericarditis,  myocarditis,  interstitial  lung  disease,  or  rheumatoid  vasculitis.