Orthopedics MCQs for General Practitioners covering fractures, joint disorders, back pain, sports injuries and orthopaedic red flags.
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First-line acute gout management (no CI) is:
Acute gout: NSAIDs first-line; colchicine or steroids if NSAID contraindicated. Do NOT start allopurinol during an acute flare (may prolong).
A 25-year-old footballer twisted knee with an audible 'pop', immediate effusion, positive Lachman test. Injury?
ACL tear: pop, haemarthrosis within 2 h, positive Lachman/pivot shift. MCL and meniscal tears usually lack immediate haemarthrosis.
A 60-year-old has bilateral knee pain, morning stiffness <30 min, worse with activity, X-ray shows joint space narrowing, osteophytes and subchondral sclerosis. Diagnosis?
OA: activity-related pain, brief morning stiffness, X-ray shows LOSS (Loss of joint space, Osteophytes, Subchondral cysts/sclerosis). RA has prolonged morning stiffness and erosions.
A 65-year-old with back pain and unilateral radicular leg pain, straight-leg raise positive at 40°. Most likely diagnosis?
Radicular pain with positive SLR = disc prolapse; usually L5/S1 or L4/L5.
A pale, pulseless, painful lower leg after tibial fracture with pain on passive stretch of the toes. Diagnosis?
Pain out of proportion, pain on passive stretch, tense compartment = compartment syndrome. Urgent fasciotomy required.
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