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Evaluation of Suprapatellar Knee Effusion (normal knee) on Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS)

POCUS for knee effusions:
Ultrasound (POCUS ... ) POCUS for knee ... joint, so scan ... distal quadriceps tendon ... #MSK #POCUS #Clinical
Approach to Joint Pain - Diagnostic Framework

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

1) Chronicity:
Pain - Diagnostic ... warm, swollen, tender ... #Joint #Pain #MSK ... #rheumatology # ... #differential #diagnosis
Rheumatoid Arthritis Summary
Overview: chronic, inflammatory symmetric polyarthritis involving small joints of hands/feet, knees, shoulders
Signs & Symptoms:
of hands/feet, knees ... narrowing) • Ultrasound ... DIAGNOSIS based ... corticosteroid injections ... #management #rheumatology
Approach to Joint Pain

History:
Is the pain from:
	• Joint
	• Adjacent bursa
	• Tendon
	• Ligament
	• Bone
	• Muscle
	• Referred from
Adjacent bursa • Tendon ... -60 minutes or longer ... Acute or chronic infections ... #Pain #MSK #rheumatology ... #differential #diagnosis
Greater Trochanteric Bursa Injection 

Usually roll patient on side, find the most tender spot, approximately an
find the most tender ... well below hip joint ... lasts longer. ... video #procedure #rheumatology ... #sports #msk #orthopedics
Flexor Tenosynovitis on POCUS

Which of the following diagnoses does this clip best support?
Resolution: flexor tenosynovitis (majority
Tenosynovitis on POCUS ... the following diagnoses ... around the flexor tendon ... #MSK #clinical ... #ultrasound #Finger
Bone Deformity / Limp - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Infection
 • Septic Arthritis
 • Cortical Hypertrophy
 •
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Infection ... Legg-Calve-Perthes Disease Knee ... Patella (e.g., Tendon ... Deformity #Limp #MSK
Baker's Cyst on POCUS
Looking for DVT. 3 point compression US negative. But saw this in the
Baker's Cyst on POCUS ... space between tendons ... posteromedial knee ... for a definitive diagnosis ... of Care Ultrasound
Gout - Diagnosis and Management Summary

3 Conditions for Gout to Manifest:
1. Hyperuricemia
2. Monosodium urate deposition in
deposition in joints ... forefoot, ankles, knees ... elbows, Achilles tendon ... not possible • Ultrasound ... management #treatment #rheumatology
Trigger Finger - Stenosing flexor tendon tenosynovitis

There is a change in the slip between the tendon
The diagnosis is ... complemented with ultrasound ... Ultrasound can show ... tenosynovitis #msk ... #orthopedics #rheumatology