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Arthrocentesis - Joint Fluid Analysis

Effusion Characteristics (Color, Clarity, WCC, PMN, Crystals, Bacteria) by Disease Process: 
OA,
- Joint Fluid Analysis ... Effusion Characteristics ... TB arthritis, Septic ... #Analysis #Table ... Infective #Arthritis #Interpretation
Arthrocentesis of synovial fluid - Interpretation
 - Normal
 - Noninflammatory	
 - Inflammatory	
 - Septic

Viscosity of synovial
synovial fluid - Interpretation ... Inflammatory - Septic ... Syonvial #Fluid #Effusion ... #Analysis #Table ... Infective #Arthritis #Interpretation
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
 •
Causes of Chronic ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Pericardial • Effusion ... Artery Disease • Stable ... Metabolic Acidosis #Chronic
Causes of Pleural Effusion - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Transudate - Hydrostatic
 • Congestive heart failure
 • Constrictive
Causes of Pleural ... Effusion - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Diaphragmatic: • Hepatic ... • Peritoneal dialysis
Acute and Chronic Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis
Pulmonary/Chest Wall:
 • Acute: Trauma, COPD exacerbation, Asthma
Causes of Dyspnea ... flare, Pleural effusion ... Tumor, Pleural effusion ... poisoning, DKA, Fever, Sepsis ... #Causes #Differential
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiovascular Causes:
 - Outflow Obstruction
     • Aortic
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Infarction • Stable ... • Pleural Effusion ... Disease • Peptic ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Amyloidosis - Summary
Group of disorders associated with extracellular deposition of fibrils formed from low-molecular-weight proteins in
Bronchiectasis, Chronic ... amyloidosis • Dialysis-related ... Hepatosplenomegaly & hepatic ... Persistent pleural effusions ... hypoadrenalism • Nausea
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
on the heart (Sepsis ... are typically able ... Consider Sepsis, ... treat the primary cause ... clinica l#foamed #algorithm
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
on the heart (Sepsis ... are typically able ... Consider Sepsis, ... treat the primary cause ... #diagnosis #algorithm