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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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Fever/Chills/Joint ... pain/Night sweats ... Reactive Syndrome - Acute ... fracture - Patellar dislocation ... differential #diagnosis #msk
Anterior Shoulder Dislocation Pre and Post-Reduction on Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS)

Using #POCUS to identify an
Post-Reduction on Point ... Care Ultrasound (POCUS ... ) Using #POCUS ... injection for pain ... Ultrasound #Cinical #MSK
Anterior Shoulder Dislocation: Pathogenesis, clinical, and radiographic findings

Trauma, Fall on, outstretched arm, Overhead throwing => Abduction
Anterior Shoulder Dislocation ... x-ray view -> Dislocation ... to glenoid -> Acute ... capsule or bone -> Pain ... signs #symptoms #msk
Vascular Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
 - Constant Pain (Ischemia)
 - Acute Onset
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Vascular Joint Pain ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... (Ischemia) - Acute ... Trauma to Vessel (dislocation ... Vascular #JointPain #MSK
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
Approach to Joint ... suggested by warmth, effusion ... the time course (acute ... Gram-negative bacilli ... #Diagnosis #MSK
Infectious Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Polyarticular Join Pain
 • Viral Myalgia
 • Viral Arthritis
Infectious Joint ... Pain - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Articular - Acute ... Infectious #JointPain #MSK
Ankle Arthrocentesis on POCUS

This patient presented with non traumatic ankle pain & swelling. PoCUS can detect
traumatic ankle pain ... PoCUS can detect ... an effusion and ... Absence of a joint ... #ultrasound #msk
Inflammatory Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Monoarticular
 • Gout (Podagra, Tophi)
 • Pseudogout
 • Early
Inflammatory Joint ... Pain - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Rheumatic Fever Acute ... Inflammatory #JointPain #MSK
MTP Gout Effusion on POCUS
50s male with DM/HTN (no hx gout) and great toe pain-MTP joint.
and great toe pain-MTP ... X-rays= DJD, no acute ... POCUS revealed joint ... MSU crystals=Gout ... #ultrasound #MSK
VT versus SVT with Aberration - Interpretation Cheat Sheet

Features favouring VT
● Absence of typical RBBB or
a VT run) and fusion ... Brugada algorithm ... nadir (lowest point ... ) of S > 100 ms ... AV dissociation