Intra-articular Injections
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Hi. My name is Victoria Lopez.
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Um, and I'm in F and P student today.
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I'll be talking about intra articular steroid injections.
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Specifically, um, the knees.
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This procedure is a minimally invasive procedure, which can be
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done in a primary care setting consists of steroid injections
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into the joint area.
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This temporarily relieves pain due to an inflamed joint, especially
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for people with arthritis or osteoarthritis.
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Doctors, nurse practitioners, radiologists.
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Insurgents can perform this procedure.
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The injections consist of corticosteroids like decks, a methadone anesthetic
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like lidocaine.
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Some locations for injections could be in the knees, shoulders,
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hips. Other locations also could be ankles.
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Um, wrist.
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Here injections are recommended to patients who are not responding
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well with other treatments, for example, or a anti inflammatory
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medications. Rest, eyes, splint ing and also physical um, physical
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therapy. Some risk.
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Also, you make sure you inform the patient to hold
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their aspirin or blood thinners for at least five days.
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Risk consists off.
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Bleeding infection, for example, Septic arthritis pain at the injection
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site. Allergic reaction to the medication.
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Ah, headache, Possible nerve damage, which is rare.
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Some flushing insomnia and for diabetics, elevated blood glucose instruments
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you need will be syringes, needles, maybe some 22 gauges
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Clark exiting or bed and died for sterilizing the area
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gloves and band aid.
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How to step by step first obtained the patient's consent
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and explained the procedure and the risks and benefits paralyzed
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the area of the knee, which you'll be injecting with
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the Clorox dean or the better Dine.
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Apply some topical anesthetics.
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Ah, like freezing agents to the area being injected.
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Confirmed the area is numb for the patients.
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Comfort. Inject the area aspirate.
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Make sure you're not hitting any vessels and then inject
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the combination of the corticosteroids with the anesthetic into the
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joints. And then you just cover the area with a
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band Aid.
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This video next will be an interior approach for a
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for any injection.
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Yeah, and I, um, there's a link on the bottom
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of the video.
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If there's any problems watching the video after this procedure,
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patient may resume full activity the following day.
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They soreness around the injection site is very normal.
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You could inform the patient to take some Tylenol for
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the sourness.
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Always important to inform the patient to watch out for
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any signs of infection.
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Um informed them about um, to watch out for any
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redness, swelling, any tenderness, especially fevers and any pain not
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being helped by the Talon.
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All for billing purposes, The code is 26 10 And
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it's for, um, in this case for injection of the
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major joint, which will be the knee and include if
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you did it on the right or the left.
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And this is my references.
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Thank you for listening.
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This is my final project for steroid injections.
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Have a good day.