Commonly Used Antibiotics in the Outpatient Setting By: Raymond Lengel, MSN, FNP, RN Purpose: This course will provide an overview of the antibiotics most commonly ordered by primary care providers for common conditions in the outpatient setting. Objectives: â¢ List three major problems associated with the use of antibiotics
New onset bilateral shoulder pain, stiffness, functional impairment, and constitutional symptoms such as fatigue, night sweats, weight loss, and fever are characteristic clinical features of polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR), the second most common inflammatory rheumatic disease of older people.
Symptoms of the following disorders can be similar to those of polymyalgia rheumatica. Comparisons may be useful for a differential diagnosis: Giant cell arteritis, also known as temporal arteritis, is a chronic inflammatory disorder characterized by the progressive inflammation of many arteries of the body (panarteritis).