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Approach to Joint Pain - Diagnostic Framework

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

1) Chronicity:
vs Non-Inflammatory ... Inflammatory vs. ... Non-inflammatory ... : • Inflammatory ... #Joint #Pain #MSK
Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis
Articular: Infectious, Degenerative, Inflammatory
Non-articular: Localized, General

#Joint #Pain #Differential #Diagnosis #MSK #algorithm
Joint Pain - Differential ... Degenerative, Inflammatory ... Localized, General #Joint ... Differential #Diagnosis #MSK
Distinguishing between Inflammatory and Degenerative joint disease
Inflammatory Joint Disease
 • Swelling stimulates joint nociceptors -> Pain
Distinguishing between Inflammatory ... disease Inflammatory ... physically pushes inflammatory ... by movement #Inflammatory ... Comparison #Versus #MSK
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) is an inflammatory autoimmune condition. While chiefly thought of as a joint
Arthritis (RA) is an inflammatory ... thought of as a joint ... presenting with ↑ serum inflammatory ... #pathogenesis #inflammatory ... #msk #arthritis
Inflammatory Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Monoarticular
 • Gout (Podagra, Tophi)
 • Pseudogout
 • Early
Inflammatory Joint ... Oligoarticular (1-4 joints ... Inflammatory Bowel ... POLYARTICULAR (>4 joints ... #JointPain #MSK
Joint Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Monoarthritis
 • Septic
 • Crystalline
     - Gout
Joint Disorders ... Lumbar Spine and SI Joints ... psoriasis (7-30%) • Inflammatory ... @AmyChung #Joint ... #Disorders #msk
Acute Joint Pain - Vitamin CD Mnemonic
Vascular
Infectious
Trauma - Multiple injury sites, Open Fracture, Infectious joint pain
Autoimmune
Acute Joint Pain ... Fracture, Infectious joint ... Autoimmune - See inflammatory ... joint pain Metabolic ... VitaminCD #Mnemonic #MSK
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:
Noninflammatory Inflammatory ... crystalline disease Inflammatory ... Arthrocentesis #Joint ... Effusion #Analysis #Table
Arthrocentesis of synovial fluid - Interpretation
 - Normal
 - Noninflammatory	
 - Inflammatory	
 - Septic

Viscosity of synovial
Noninflammatory - Inflammatory ... be decreased in inflammatory ... Arthrocentesis #Joint ... Effusion #Analysis #Table
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
Approach to Joint ... • How many joints ... OLIGOARTHRITIS • 2-4 joints ... #Arthritis #Joint ... Differential #Diagnosis #MSK