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Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
Approach to Joint ... Pain - Arthritis ... Differential Diagnosis ... noninflammatory Signs ... Joint #pain #Differential
Approach to Joint Pain

History:
Is the pain from:
	• Joint
	• Adjacent bursa
	• Tendon
	• Ligament
	• Bone
	• Muscle
	• Referred from
Approach to Joint ... Acute or chronic ... #MSK #rheumatology ... #differential # ... diagnosis #arthritis
Approach to Headaches - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Red flags (PHANTOMS):
 • Pattern change, progressively worse, papilledema
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Approach to Headaches ... lesion • CNS infection ... ) • Temporal arteritis ... • Acute angle ... neurology #PHANTOMS #mnemonic
Approach to Joint Pain - Diagnostic Framework

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

1) Chronicity:
Approach to Joint ... Pain - Diagnostic ... #rheumatology # ... #differential # ... diagnosis #arthritis
Causes of Urinary Incontinence - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 - Transient - Easily reversible cause (DIAPPERS)
Diagnosis Algorithm ... states • Infection ... Contraction - Signs ... Causes #DIAPPERS #Mnemonic ... #Geriatrics
Rheumatoid Arthritis Summary
Overview: chronic, inflammatory symmetric polyarthritis involving small joints of hands/feet, knees, shoulders
Signs & Symptoms:
knees, shoulders Signs ... inflammatory) • joint pain ... ideally limit for acute ... #diagnosis #management ... #rheumatology
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
systemic sx + signs ... very remarkable w/differential ... vs infection vs ... them, but urgent rheumatology ... #Management
Gout - Diagnosis and Management Summary

3 Conditions for Gout to Manifest:
1. Hyperuricemia
2. Monosodium urate deposition in
and Management ... frequent attacks • Arthritis ... concomitant infection ... double contour sign ... #rheumatology