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Causes of Knee Effusions - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Knee Effusion Red Flags:
1. Fever/Chills/Joint pain/Night sweats/Weight loss
	- DDX:
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Causes of Knee Effusions ... - Differential Diagnosis ... - Aneurysmal bone ... #Effusions #causes ... #msk #physicalexam
Bone Deformity / Limp - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Infection
 • Septic Arthritis
 • Cortical Hypertrophy
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Osteomalacia • Rickets Hip ... Joint • Hip Dysplasia ... Legg-Calve-Perthes Disease Knee ... Patellofemoral Syndrome ... Deformity #Limp #MSK
Leg Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Bone/Joint Causes of Leg Pain:
 • Fracture
 • Arthritis
 • Gout/pseudogout
- Differential Diagnosis ... Framework Bone ... Herpes zoster - HIV ... lower #extremity #msk ... #physicalexam
Elevated Globulin - Protein Gap (Total Protein - Albumin > 4)

Work-up of an Elevated Globulin Gap:
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Globulin - Protein Gap ... Elevated Globulin Gap ... (>4 g/dL) should ... changes (POEMS syndrome ... #differential #diagnosis
Reduction of Patellar Dislocation 
Most patellar dislocations are lateral, and they often reduce on their own.
or recline with hips ... post-reduction x-rays (AP ... crutches - they should ... Dislocation #Procedure #MSK ... #Video #PhysicalExam
One and a Half Syndrome on Physical Exam

This 28 year old patient presented to clinic with
One and a Half Syndrome ... left eye that had ... of this are tumors ... the hospital, diagnosed ... #PhysicalExam #
Purpura - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Non-blanchable, dark red to purple, hemorrhagic skin lesions that result from leakage
- Differential Diagnosis ... Drug induced - Bone ... Kasabach-Merritt syndrome ... Ig A vasculitis/HSP ... vasculitis - GPA
Hearing Loss - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Hearing Loss Types:
• Conductive
• Sensorineural
• Mixed
Presbycusis is the most common type
- Differential Diagnosis ... The evaluation should ... Normal: Air > bone ... hearing loss: Bone ... II ○ Susac’s syndrome
Orthopedic Emergencies
Compartment Syndrome
 • An increase in compartment pressure to the point where tissue perfusion is
affected part should ... • Syndrome caused ... tibia/fibula) and hip ... stabilization of long bone ... • Diagnosis:
Leukemias Overview: ALL, CML, AML, APML, CLL

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
activity • ↓ LAP ... -> AML: Blast crises ... Fibrinolysis & DIC • Tumor ... lysis syndrome: ... Hematology #Oncology #Diagnosis