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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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- Differential ... - Septic Arthritis ... : - Reactive arthritis ... #causes #differential ... #diagnosis #msk
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
Differential Diagnosis ... suggested by warmth, effusion ... the morning • Effusion ... Joint #pain #Differential ... #Diagnosis #MSK
Chronic Shoulder Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
4 tests for the AC joint:
1. Direct palpation
2. Cross-arm shoulder
Chronic Shoulder ... Pain - Differential ... tests for the AC ... Shoulder #Pain #Differential ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #MSK
Joint Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Monoarthritis
 • Septic
 • Crystalline
     - Gout
Joint Disorders - Differential ... “Bamboo Spine” Fusion ... • Psoriatic arthritis ... Joint #Disorders #msk ... #Differential #
Acute and Chronic Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis
Pulmonary/Chest Wall:
 • Acute: Trauma, COPD exacerbation, Asthma
Causes of Dyspnea - Differential ... flare, Pleural effusion ... Tumor, Pleural effusion ... , Intracardiac shunt ... #Causes #Differential
Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac:
 • Dysrhythmia
 • Ischemia
 • Cardiomyopathy
 • Valvular disease
Causes of Dyspnea - Differential ... cava syndrome • Shunt ... Bronchitis • Chronic ... Pleura: • Pleural effusion ... 2LmUODZ #Dyspnea #Differential
Approach to Joint Pain

History:
Is the pain from:
	• Joint
	• Adjacent bursa
	• Tendon
	• Ligament
	• Bone
	• Muscle
	• Referred from
• Inflammatory arthritis ... Noninflammatory arthritis ... : • Acute or chronic ... #Joint #Pain #MSK ... approach #workup #differential
Blood Disorders - Markers and Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Acute
 • Myloid (AML) - CD13, CD33, CD34,
- Markers and Differential ... T-cell - CD7, CD3 Chronic ... Pseudo Pelger-Huet ... Amy Chung, MD, MSc ... hematology #Markers #Differential
Approach to the A-a Gradient
A-a gradient = PAO2 - PaO2
A-a gradient = [FiO2 x (Patm -
(assumes Room Air ... Right to Left Shunt ... - Anatomic Shunt ... Disease and more • Diffusion ... Hypoxia #hypoxemia #differential
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
either due to a diffusion-perfusion ... 1) or anatomic shunt ... Arterial blood gas (ABC ... performed on room air ... older) on room air