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Infectious Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Polyarticular Join Pain
 • Viral Myalgia
 • Viral Arthritis
Infectious Joint ... Disseminated Gonoccocal Infection ... • Primary HIV Infection ... Erythema Migrans) #Infectious ... #JointPain #MSK
Approach to Joint Pain - Diagnostic Framework

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

1) Chronicity:
about bacterial infections ... about indolent infections ... with bacterial infection ... infection. ... #Joint #Pain #MSK
Acute Joint Pain - Vitamin CD Mnemonic
Vascular
Infectious
Trauma - Multiple injury sites, Open Fracture, Infectious joint pain
Autoimmune
Acute Joint Pain ... Mnemonic Vascular Infectious ... Open Fracture, Infectious ... VitaminCD #Mnemonic #MSK ... #Orthopedics #differential
Inflammatory Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Monoarticular
 • Gout (Podagra, Tophi)
 • Pseudogout
 • Early
Pain - Differential ... Genitourinary Infection ... Rheumatic Fever Acute ... Inflammatory #JointPain #MSK ... #Differential #
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
Pseudogout) • Infectious ... By: - Chronic Infection ... Viral Infections ... Rubella Bacterial Infection ... #Diagnosis #MSK
Approach to Joint Pain

History:
Is the pain from:
	• Joint
	• Adjacent bursa
	• Tendon
	• Ligament
	• Bone
	• Muscle
	• Referred from
Calcium oxalate Infectious ... Arthritis: • Acute ... or chronic infections ... #Pain #MSK #rheumatology ... approach #workup #differential
Causes of Sudden Unexpected Death in Infancy (SUDI) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Congenital Anomaly / Disorder:
 •
Arrhythmia • Neurologic ... Anomaly • Pulmonary ... Metabolic Disorders Infection ... Gastrointestinal infection ... Accidental* Other: • Acute
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 ... - DDX: - Infection ... to the knee Infectious ... Disease Post-Infectious ... #diagnosis #msk
Acute and Chronic Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis
Pulmonary/Chest Wall:
 • Acute: Trauma, COPD exacerbation, Asthma
Causes of Dyspnea - Differential ... Diagnosis Pulmonary ... Pleural effusion, Pulmonary ... , Anaphylaxis, Infection ... Depression - VA Joint
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
Disseminated Infections ... 50% in chronic infection ... infection • Cough ... muscle aches, joint ... infection (~40%