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Acute Joint Pain - Vitamin CD Mnemonic
Vascular
Infectious
Trauma - Multiple injury sites, Open Fracture, Infectious joint pain
Autoimmune
Vitamin CD Mnemonic Vascular ... Infectious Trauma ... Autoimmune - See inflammatory ... VitaminCD #Mnemonic #MSK ... #Orthopedics #differential
Vascular Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
 - Constant Pain (Ischemia)
 - Acute Onset
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Vascular Joint Pain ... Disruption • Trauma ... (Hemophilia or Trauma ... #JointPain #MSK ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Orthopedics
Amsterdam Wrist Rules
Rules that dictate which patients require imaging based on the likelihood of wrist fracture
Amsterdam Wrist ... pain after any ... trauma DISTAL RADIUS ... fracture #radiology #msk ... #orthopedics #diagnosis
Inflammatory Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Monoarticular
 • Gout (Podagra, Tophi)
 • Pseudogout
 • Early
Inflammatory Joint ... Pain - Differential ... Inflammatory Bowel ... #JointPain #MSK ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Orthopedics
Scaphoid Fractures
The scaphoid is the most commonly fractured carpal bone. Remember, if a fracture is suspected
Complications • Avascular ... anatomic snuffbox, pain ... ED Management: Pain ... Scaphoid #Fracture #Wrist ... #Sports #MSK
Acute Spinal Cord Injuries: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Anterior Cord Syndrome -> Anterior spinal artery
injury, often from vascular ... Loss of pain and ... Medullaris Syndrome -> Trauma ... signs #symptoms #msk ... #orthopedics #neurology
Approach to Joint Pain - Diagnostic Framework

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

1) Chronicity:
Approach to Joint Pain ... Noninflammatory • Bloody: Trauma ... Non-bloody: OA, avascular ... neuropathy so trauma ... #Joint #Pain #MSK
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
Diagnosis Framework Inflammatory ... • Is it inflammatory ... Noninflammatory • Trauma ... Internal derangement/Avascular ... Differential #Diagnosis #MSK
Approach to Joint Pain

History:
Is the pain from:
	• Joint
	• Adjacent bursa
	• Tendon
	• Ligament
	• Bone
	• Muscle
	• Referred from
differentiated: • Inflammatory ... and many other inflammatory ... Previous joint trauma ... osteopetrosis, avascular ... #MSK #rheumatology
Fracture Healing (and disruptors of this process)
Inflammatory Stage (0-7d)
 • Fracture disrupts local blood vessels ->
this process) Inflammatory ... promotes healing - Vascular ... / Compromise - Trauma ... Healing #Stages #Orthopedics ... #msk #Staging #