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Causes of Knee Effusions - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Knee Effusion Red Flags:
1. Fever/Chills/Joint pain/Night sweats/Weight loss
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Causes of Knee Effusions ... Fever/Chills/Joint ... pain/Night sweats ... Reactive Syndrome - Acute ... differential #diagnosis #msk
Infectious Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Polyarticular Join Pain
 • Viral Myalgia
 • Viral Arthritis
Infectious Joint ... Pain - Differential ... Articular - Acute ... #Infectious #JointPain ... #MSK #Differential
Inflammatory Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Monoarticular
 • Gout (Podagra, Tophi)
 • Pseudogout
 • Early
Inflammatory Joint ... Pain - Differential ... Rheumatic Fever Acute ... #Inflammatory #JointPain ... #MSK #Differential
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
Approach to Joint ... Pain - Arthritis ... Gram-negative bacilli ... Joint #pain #Differential ... #Diagnosis #MSK
Distinguishing between Inflammatory and Degenerative joint disease
Inflammatory Joint Disease
 • Swelling stimulates joint nociceptors -> Pain
nociceptors -> Pain ... in Rheumatoid arthritis ... commonly affects the knee ... Comparison #Versus #MSK ... #JointDisease #JointPain
Rheumatoid Arthritis Summary
Overview: chronic, inflammatory symmetric polyarthritis involving small joints of hands/feet, knees, shoulders
Signs & Symptoms:
Rheumatoid Arthritis ... of hands/feet, knees ... pain / swelling ... effusions, reduced ... ideally limit for acute
Acromioclavicular (AC) Joint Septic Arthritis on POCUS

IVDU with severe left shoulder pain.  Can fully range
on POCUS IVDU ... left shoulder pain ... showed effusion ... #Effusion #POCUS ... clinical #ultrasound #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