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Vascular Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
 - Constant Pain (Ischemia)
 - Acute Onset
 -
Septic Embolism (e.g ... Fat Embolism (e.g ... fractured long bone ... Mycotic Aneurysm (e.g ... Vascular #JointPain #MSK
My Patient with Infective Endocarditis (IE) Has Negative Blood Cultures
 - Did they receive antibiotics prior
therapy - Number one ... cause of culture ... Eg: C. burnetii ... BloodCultures #Diagnosis #Management ... #Algorithm
Chronic Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Intra-Articular
 - Bone
     • Stress
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Intra-Articular - Bone ... • Tendon Rupture ... • Fascitis (e.g ... Intraarticular #MSK
Candidemia Workup and Management - IDSA Guidelines
1) Antibiotics
 • Empiric: Echinocandins (e.g. micafungin) for most patients
Candidemia Workup and Management ... Echinocandins (e.g ... Other hardware - Risk-Benefit ... Eye exam within one ... clinical concern for endocarditis
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
specific questions to ask ... event, follow ACC algorithm ... indicated • EKG ... Obtain EKG if: ... medical and surgical management
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
cardiomyopathy (e.g ... hemodynamics (e.g ... counseling should be done ... LVEF recovery (e.g ... teratogenic GDMT meds (e.g
Bone Deformity / Limp - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Infection
 • Septic Arthritis
 • Cortical Hypertrophy
 •
Bone Deformity / ... Disease • Patella (e.g ... ., Tendon Rupture ... • Dwarfism #Bone ... Deformity #Limp #MSK
The algorithm below shows how pre-test probability could be combined with various criteria to determine which
The algorithm below ... acyclovir: This algorithm ... probably much higher (e.g ... meningitis, so one ... is proposed: #Management
Gout - Diagnosis and Management Summary

3 Conditions for Gout to Manifest:
1. Hyperuricemia
2. Monosodium urate deposition in
Diagnosis and Management ... inflammatory response Risk ... Ultrasound → double contour ... overhanging cortical bone ... drug failure • Risk
Essential Thrombocythemia (ET)
ET is a chronic myeloproliferative neoplasm. Most cases are related to mutations that affect
• Thrombosis (e.g ... 450,000/microL • Bone ... ET-associated mutation (e.g ... thrombocytosis (e.g ... • Treatment algorithms