Spoon Feed There is potential for an emerging role of ultrasound as an adjunct tool for the diagnosis of temporal arteritis.

Spoon Feed No single clinical or laboratory feature is enough to rule in or out giant cell arteritis (GCA, aka temporal arteritis). Vascular imaging or temporal artery biopsy is warranted. In the ED, we may need to start treatment prior to a definitive diagnosis being made.

Spoon Feed Systemic lupus erythematosus is an autoimmune disorder with several manifestations that are tricky to diagnose and several disease manifestations that may lead to emergency care.

Examining the hand and wrist is challenging. Watch this video on NEJM to learn proper techniques and how to diagnose 9 common hand/wrist problems.

This is an excellent summary of acute gout therapy.

EM Topics is partnering with Academic Life in EM to bring you the top 52 landmark articles every Saturday in 2017!  Also, there is a bonus review article today on giant cell arteritis.  You are guaranteed to learn something new.

Short Attention Span Summary Have you ever heard of C. difficile associated reactive arthritis in pediatric patients?  Me neither!  So I thought we could learn something with this article.  After C. difficile infection, a reactive arthritis may occur that can mimic septic arthritis.  Make sure to ask about preceding antibiotics and diarrhea in your next pediatric patient with […]