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Arthrocentesis - Joint Fluid Analysis

Effusion Characteristics (Color, Clarity, WCC, PMN, Crystals, Bacteria) by Disease Process: 
OA,
OA, Traumatic arthritis ... crystals), TB arthritis ... , Septic arthritis ... #Diagnosis #Differential ... Septic #Infective #Arthritis
Extra-articular and Other Conditions Associated with Joint Pain

Eyes
  • Iritis or uveitis - Spondyloarthropathies, Sarcoidosis,
Tumor-associated arthritis ... • Interstitial lung ... • Shrinking lung ... , Gonococcal arthritis ... #pain #differential
Reactive Arthritis
 • Inflammation of joints (commonly large joints)
    - Asymmetric Oligoarthritis: Joint
Reactive Arthritis ... Inflammation of joints ... Effusions • Inflammation ... Genitourinary tract -> Urethritis ... pathophysiology #diagnosis #signs
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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- Septic Arthritis ... : - Reactive arthritis ... - Rheumatoid arthritis ... RA/Idiopathic arthritis ... Poststreptococcal reactive arthritis
Right pleural effusion with "spine sign" seen beautifully by using large footprint curvilinear transducer on lung
Right pleural effusion ... with "spine sign ... transducer on lung ... Point of Care Ultrasound ... (POCUS) Dr.
Joint Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Monoarthritis
 • Septic
 • Crystalline
     - Gout
- Differential Diagnosis ... “Bamboo Spine” Fusion ... • Reactive arthritis ... • Psoriatic arthritis ... • Rheumatoid Arthritis
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
Pain - Arthritis ... • Reactive arthritis ... • Lyme arthritis ... #Arthritis # ... Joint #pain #Differential
Arthrocentesis of synovial fluid - Interpretation
 - Normal
 - Noninflammatory	
 - Inflammatory	
 - Septic

Viscosity of synovial
rule out septic arthritis ... 50,000 #Diagnosis #Differential ... Arthrocentesis #Joint ... Syonvial #Fluid #Effusion ... Septic #Infective #Arthritis
Pulmonary Pathology and Associated Lung Ultrasound Findings
Pneumothorax:
 - No lung sliding/barcode sign
 - Lung point (hard
- Lung point ... Possible bilateral effusion ... submassive PE) POCUS ... #pulmonary #differential ... #Lung #POCUS #ultrasound
Rheumatoid Arthritis Summary
Overview: chronic, inflammatory symmetric polyarthritis involving small joints of hands/feet, knees, shoulders
Signs & Symptoms:
Rheumatoid Arthritis ... involving small joints ... knees, shoulders Signs ... effusions, reduced ... #Rheumatoid #Arthritis