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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 ... - DDX: - Infection ... Infectious Knee ... - Aneurysmal bone ... #msk #physicalexam
Causes of Thrombocytopenia and Platelet Disorders - Differential Diagnosis and Workup
History:
 - Prior platelet count, family
procedures - Infection ... plateletcount), peripheral blood ... smear, HIV/HCV ... candidate) - Bone ... #hematology
Bone Deformity / Limp - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Infection
 • Septic Arthritis
 • Cortical Hypertrophy
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Bone Deformity / ... Algorithm Infection ... Legg-Calve-Perthes Disease Knee ... Deformity #Limp #MSK ... #Algorithm #Orthopedics
Purpura - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Non-blanchable, dark red to purple, hemorrhagic skin lesions that result from leakage
- Differential Diagnosis ... Drug induced - Bone ... SLE) - Viral infections ... Amyloidosis - Corticosteroids ... #nonpalpable #dermatology
Aplastic Anemia - Overview

Who?
• M = F
• 3 peaks:	1) Childhood	2) 15-25 years	3) >60 years

What?
• Aplastic anemia
Neutropenia - recurrent infections ... and petechiae Causes ... Idiopathic • Infections ... result from low blood ... #diagnosis #management
Blood Product Transfusions One Pager Summary
Type and screen - determines blood type and detects in recipient
One Pager Summary ... • Infection - ... Infection occurs ... infections with ... #Transfusions #diagnosis
Sweet Syndrome

Acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis (Sweets Syndrome) is a skin condition characterized by fever and inflamed
Causes: - Idiopathic ... Upper respiratory infection ... gastrointestinal infection ... neutrophils in the blood ... #dermatology #oncology
Fracture Healing (and disruptors of this process)
Inflammatory Stage (0-7d)
 • Fracture disrupts local blood vessels ->
disrupts local blood ... Fluoroquinolones - Causes ... immature callus - Infection ... #msk #Staging # ... pathophysiology #diagnosis