
Basic Science | Rheumatoid Arthritis
The Orthobullets Podcast
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Symptoms of Rheumatoid Arthritis
NSAIDs should be stopped 5 half-lives before surgery, so for example stop aspirin 7-10 days before. As far as steroids, dosing depends on the level of potential surgical stress. Rheumatoid nodules are most common extroarticular manifestation of rheumatoid arthritis and associated with aggressive disease. cervical spondylitis includes atlantoaxial subluxation, basilar imagination, and subaxialSubluxation. Moving on to finger conditions, we'll talk about ulnar drift at MCP joint, boot near deformity, and a swan neck deformity.
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