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Approach to Joint Pain

History:
Is the pain from:
	• Joint
	• Adjacent bursa
	• Tendon
	• Ligament
	• Bone
	• Muscle
	• Referred from
: • Acute or chronic ... joint trauma (e.g ... #MSK #rheumatology ... #approach #workup ... #differential #
Extra-articular and Other Conditions Associated with Joint Pain

Eyes
  • Iritis or uveitis - Spondyloarthropathies, Sarcoidosis,
Associated with Joint Pain ... disease, Vasculitis (e.g ... conditions #joint #pain ... #differential # ... diagnosis #rheumatology
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
- Arthritis Differential ... noninflammatory Signs ... Gonococcal/Lyme etc ... - Autoimmune Rheumatologic ... Joint #pain #Differential
Features That Differentiate Acute Pericarditis from Myocardial Ischemia or Infarction and Pulmonary Embolism

In contrast to the
Features That Differentiate ... Infarction and Pulmonary ... associated with rheumatologic ... Pericarditis #Symptoms #Signs ... Presentation #comparison #Table
Differentiation Syndrome in APML
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: common in APL (2-48% depending on the study)
 • Triggers:
Differentiation Syndrome in APML ... Prednisone 5mg/kg ... effusions, weight gain ... Imaging: CXR- pulmonary ... initiation • Differential
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
systemic sx + signs ... not be subtle e.g ... very remarkable w/differential ... E.g. 80 yo ESR cutoff ... them, but urgent rheumatology
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
Hypertension - Workup ... and Differential ... risk factors (eg ... hypertension (eg ... hypertension (eg
Emergent Causes of Headache and Associated Risk Factors
Carbon monoxide poisoning
 - Breathing in enclosed or confined
carbon monoxide (eg ... living conditions (eg ... vascular diseases (eg ... headache #redflags #signs ... #symptoms #differential
Rheumatology Workup - Laboratories Studies in Rheumatic Diseases

• Septic arthritis - Gram stain and culture of
Rheumatology Workup ... Screening Tests for Acute ... inflammatory disease (e.g ... Chemistry profile (e.g ... , and low back pain
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
of diagnosis (e.g ... Pulmonary: dyspnea ... Extrapulmonary: ankle arthritis ... sarcoidosis Pulmonary ... Diagnosis #Management #Signs