Question 76 (part 2) · LEK · Rheumatoid arthritis
The list below includes selected diagnostic factors or symptoms that allow the diagnosis and assessment of the activity of rheumatoid arthritis. Which of them are not part of the basic scale (Disease Activity Index; DAS) used to assess the activity of the disease:
1) a subjective patient assessment of the aggravation of symptoms (on a scale 0-100);
2) WBC in the blood;
3) IgM rheumatoid factor measurement;
4) ESR;
5) CRP concentration;
6) fibrinogen concentration;
7) the number of anti-citrullinated protein antibodies;
8) the number of oedematous joints;
9) lymphocyte percentage in the blood.
The correct answer is:
2) WBC in the blood;
3) IgM rheumatoid factor measurement;
4) ESR;
5) CRP concentration;
6) fibrinogen concentration;
7) the number of anti-citrullinated protein antibodies;
8) the number of oedematous joints;
9) lymphocyte percentage in the blood.
The correct answer is:
- A. 1,2,3.
- B. 2,4,9.
- C. 4,6,8.
- D. 2,3,7.
- E. 4,5,8.
Hint
DAS28 combines joint counts, one inflammatory marker and the patient's own rating – exclude everything else.
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