Author Question: Your 63-year-old Caucasian woman with polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) will begin treatment with ... (Read 83 times)

madam-professor · **on:** Jul 11, 2018

Your 63-year-old Caucasian woman with polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) will begin treatment with corticosteroids until the condition has resolved.

You look over her records and it has been 2 years since her last physical examination and any laboratory or diagnostic tests as she relocated and had not yet identified a health-care provider. In prioritizing your management plan, your first orders should include:
A. Recommending she increase her dietary intake of Calcium and Vitamin D
B. Ordering once a year bisphosphonate and a proton pump inhibitor
C. Participate in a fall prevention program
D. Dual-energy x-ray (DEXA) scan and updating immunizations

Question 2

Which of the following differential diagnosis for patients presenting with polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) can be ruled out with a muscle biopsy?

A. Parkinson's disease
B. Polymyositis
C. Late onset rheumatoid arthritis
D. Giant Cell Arteritis