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Acute Joint Pain - Vitamin CD Mnemonic
Vascular
Infectious
Trauma - Multiple injury sites, Open Fracture, Infectious joint pain
Autoimmune
Acute Joint Pain ... Vascular Infectious Trauma ... - Multiple injury ... Osteoporosis #Acute ... VitaminCD #Mnemonic #MSK
Acute Spinal Cord Injuries: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Anterior Cord Syndrome -> Anterior spinal artery
Acute Spinal Cord ... Medullaris Syndrome -> Trauma ... weakness and #Acute ... 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:
Pain - Diagnostic ... Noninflammatory • Bloody: Trauma ... neuropathy so trauma ... #Joint #Pain #MSK ... rheumatology #approach #workup
Leg Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Bone/Joint Causes of Leg Pain:
 • Fracture
 • Arthritis
 • Gout/pseudogout
Framework Bone/Joint ... Repetitive strain injury ... • Crush injury ... Immobilization) • Acute ... lower #extremity #msk
Approach to Joint Pain

History:
Is the pain from:
	• Joint
	• Adjacent bursa
	• Tendon
	• Ligament
	• Bone
	• Muscle
	• Referred from
Pain History ... Arthritis: • Acute ... trauma (e.g., meniscal ... #Pain #MSK #rheumatology ... #approach #workup
MTP Gout Effusion on POCUS
50s male with DM/HTN (no hx gout) and great toe pain-MTP joint.
and great toe pain-MTP ... No trauma. ... X-rays= DJD, no acute ... MSU crystals=Gout ... #MSK #Toe
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Posterior Knee Dislocation Injury
Specifically, POSTERIOR KNEE DISLOCATIONS can have significant associated injury that needs unique approach
Neurologic deficit ... hip and ankle joints ... WORK UP: obtain ... Consider trauma/ ... #msk #clinical
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Extensor Carpi Ulnaris (ECU) subluxation 
The Extensor Carpi Ulnaris (ECU), is the must ulnar of the
hand, where it joins ... whether through trauma ... with a searing pain ... tendon, MRI or ultrasound ... Orthopedics #Wrist #msk
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