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Arthrocentesis - Joint Fluid Analysis

Effusion Characteristics (Color, Clarity, WCC, PMN, Crystals, Bacteria) by Disease Process: 
OA,
, Bacteria) by Disease ... OA, Traumatic arthritis ... crystals), TB arthritis ... , Septic arthritis ... Septic #Infective #Arthritis
Joint Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Monoarthritis
 • Septic
 • Crystalline
     - Gout
Crystals - “Pseudogout ... • Reactive arthritis ... • Psoriatic arthritis ... • Rheumatoid Arthritis ... #Disorders #msk
Inflammatory Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Monoarticular
 • Gout (Podagra, Tophi)
 • Pseudogout
 • Early
Podagra, Tophi) • Pseudogout ... • Rheumatoid Arthritis ... Asymmetric (Psoriatic Arthritis ... • Psoriatic Arthritis ... Inflammatory #JointPain #MSK
Approach to Joint Pain - Diagnostic Framework

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

1) Chronicity:
Pain - Diagnostic ... Lyme), reactive arthritis ... SLE, psoriatic arthritis ... #Joint #Pain #MSK ... #arthritis
Approach to Joint Pain

History:
Is the pain from:
	• Joint
	• Adjacent bursa
	• Tendon
	• Ligament
	• Bone
	• Muscle
	• Referred from
of Joint Disease ... • Inflammatory arthritis ... Noninflammatory arthritis ... with rheumatoid arthritis ... #arthritis
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
Pain - Arthritis ... • Reactive arthritis ... • Lyme arthritis ... #Arthritis # ... #Diagnosis #MSK
Synovial Fluid Analysis:

Findings (COLOR	TRANSPARENCY	VISCOSITY	WBC COUNT (PER MM3)	PMN CELL COUNT (%)	GRAM STAIN	CULTURE	PCR TEST	CRYSTALS)

By Condition (Normal 
Noninflammatory 
Inflammatory:
crystalline disease ... nongonococcal ) #Diagnosis ... Arthrocentesis #Joint ... Table #Aspiration #Pseudogout ... Septic #Infective #Arthritis
Chondrocalcinosis: Calcium Pyrophosphate Dihydrate (CPPD) Deposition Disease

 - Acute CPPD precipitation into the joint space ->
CPPD) Deposition Disease ... polyarticular arthritis ... #CPPD #Disease ... #Signs #Symptoms ... Pathophysiology #Diagnosis
Infectious Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Polyarticular Join Pain
 • Viral Myalgia
 • Viral Arthritis
Infectious Joint ... Polyarticular Join ... Myalgia • Viral Arthritis ... • Septic Arthritis ... Infectious #JointPain #MSK
Septic Arthritis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Clinical Exam: hot, swollen, pain with passive AND active ROM
Septic Arthritis ... osteoarthritis, gout, pseudogout ... necrosis, Lyme disease ... , viral arthritis ... diagnosis Treatment