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Arthrocentesis - Joint Fluid Analysis

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

Viscosity of synovial
inflammatory or infectious ... 50,000 #Diagnosis #Differential ... Fluid #Effusion #Analysis ... #Table #Aspiration ... #Pseudogout #Septic
Synovial Fluid Analysis:

Findings (COLOR	TRANSPARENCY	VISCOSITY	WBC COUNT (PER MM3)	PMN CELL COUNT (%)	GRAM STAIN	CULTURE	PCR TEST	CRYSTALS)

By Condition (Normal 
Noninflammatory 
Inflammatory:
Synovial Fluid Analysis ... Lyme disease Infectious ... Fluid #Effusion #Analysis ... #Table #Aspiration ... #Pseudogout #Septic
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Flowchart to interpreting pleural fluid analysis using Light's criteria and based on the British Thoracic Society
pleural fluid analysis ... medical diagrams, tables ... #interpretation ... lights #criteria #algorithm ... #differential
Findings in Cerebrospinal Fluid in Different Causes of Meningitis

#CSF #Fluid #Analysis #Interpretation #Meningitis #Normal #Bacterial #Viral
#CSF #Fluid #Analysis ... #Interpretation ... Viral #Comparison #Table ... #Diagnosis #Infection
Inflammatory Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Monoarticular
 • Gout (Podagra, Tophi)
 • Pseudogout
 • Early
Inflammatory Joint Pain - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Podagra, Tophi) • Pseudogout ... Genitourinary Infection ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Joint Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Monoarthritis
 • Septic
 • Crystalline
     - Gout
Joint Disorders - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Crystals - “Pseudogout ... within 1 month of infection ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Hypokalemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Transcellular Shift:
 • Alkalosis
 • ↑ beta-2 adrenergic simulation 
 • Erythropoiesis
Hypokalemia - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Erythropoiesis (B12 injections ... Hypokalemic periodic paralysis ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Deciphering the SAAG - Serum to Ascites Albumin Gradient
Ascites is either made in the liver sinusoid
source: Malignancy, Infection ... Albumin #Gradient #Interpretation ... #Differential # ... Analysis
An Algorithm for the Diagnosis of Wheezing and Stridor

Stridor: Louder, constant-pitch sound over central airways
Wheezing: Musical
An Algorithm for ... pulmonary edema • Infectious ... Consolidation (Infection ... Noisy #Breathing #differential ... #diagnosis #algorithm