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Diffuse Acute Abdominal Pain (<72 hours) - Differential Diagnostic Algorithm
Look for surgical abdomen
Upper quadrant: R/O cardiac,
Diffuse Acute Abdominal ... Pain (<72 hours ... ) - Differential ... Diagnostic Algorithm ... ischemia • Peptic
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiovascular Causes:
 - Outflow Obstruction
     • Aortic
Chest Pain - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Infarction • Stable ... Embolism (chest pain ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Pathologic / Fragility Fractures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Tumours
 - See Bone Lesions Scheme
Paget's Disease
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Diagnosis Algorithm ... / Ricketts - Diffuse ... Pain/Proximal Muscle ... Fractures #Pathologic #MSK ... #Orthopedics #Causes
Infectious Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Polyarticular Join Pain
 • Viral Myalgia
 • Viral Arthritis
Infectious Joint Pain ... - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Infectious #JointPain #MSK ... #Orthopedics #Causes
Mechanisms of Pain
Mixed - Nociceptive/Neuropathic
Nociceptive - Tissue Damage
 - Visceral - (From organ/cavity lining) Poorly localized,
localized, crampy, diffuse ... System • Post-Herpetic ... Mechanisms #Neurology #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #Causes
Vascular Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
 - Constant Pain (Ischemia)
 - Acute Onset
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- Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Thrombosis • Septic ... Vascular #JointPain #MSK ... #Orthopedics #Causes
Alkaline Phosphatase (ALP) Elevation - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

ALP:
 - Enzymes that catalyze hydrolysis of organic phosphate
Diagnosis Algorithm ... Intestine - Other causes ... Bone symptoms - Pain ... elevation DDX of Hepatic ... #hepatology
Causes of Knee Effusions - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Knee Effusion Red Flags:
1. Fever/Chills/Joint pain/Night sweats/Weight loss
	- DDX:
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Causes of Knee Effusions ... - Differential ... Fever/Chills/Joint pain ... #differential # ... diagnosis #msk #
Approach to Joint Pain - Diagnostic Framework

1) Chronicity
2) Inflammatory vs Non-Inflammatory
3) Number of Joints Involved

1) Chronicity:
Approach to Joint Pain ... Like in this case ... #Joint #Pain #MSK ... #rheumatology # ... approach #workup #differential