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Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
- Arthritis Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... noninflammatory Signs ... constitutional symptoms ... Joint #pain #Differential
Rheumatoid Arthritis Summary
Overview: chronic, inflammatory symmetric polyarthritis involving small joints of hands/feet, knees, shoulders
Signs & Symptoms:
knees, shoulders Signs ... & Symptoms: • ... inflammatory) • joint pain ... #diagnosis #management ... #rheumatology
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
, AS Treatment: ... Nonsurgical abdominal pain ... #diagnosis #management ... #signs #symptoms ... #rheumatology #
Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)
Definition: Overwhelming clinical syndrome associated with excessive macrophage activation and cytokine storm due to
Overwhelming clinical syndrome ... : HLH signs and ... symptoms can mimic ... presents as an acute ... #management #treatment
Sweet Syndrome

Acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis (Sweets Syndrome) is a skin condition characterized by fever and inflamed
Acute febrile ... Episcleritis Signs ... and Symptoms: ... Inflammation and pain ... Treatment: - Systemic
Differentiation Syndrome in APML
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: common in APL (2-48% depending on the study)
 • Triggers:
Differentiation Syndrome ... : >3 symptoms, or ... initiation • Differential ... Diagnosis: Infection ... #management #hematology
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
very remarkable w/differential ... vs infection vs ... them, but urgent rheumatology ... #Symptoms #Diagnosis ... #Management
Myasthenia Gravis Overview

Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune disorder of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction.  Ab to
, rheumatoid arthritis ... life-threatening Differential ... aspiration and acute ... precipitated by: Drugs, infection ... #management #neurology
Emergent Causes of Headache and Associated Risk Factors
Carbon monoxide poisoning
 - Breathing in enclosed or confined
immunization Temporal arteritis ... vasoconstriction syndrome ... headache #redflags #signs ... #symptoms #differential ... #emergency #diagnosis
Gout - Diagnosis and Management Summary

3 Conditions for Gout to Manifest:
1. Hyperuricemia
2. Monosodium urate deposition in
sex • Metabolic syndrome ... swelling, significant pain ... concomitant infection ... #management #treatment ... #rheumatology