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madam-professor

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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


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jordangronback

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Reply #1 on: Jul 11, 2018
Answer to Question 1

D

Answer to Question 2

B


madam-professor

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Reply 2 on: Jul 11, 2018
YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review

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Great answer, keep it coming :)

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