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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 ... Diagnosis Framework ... Reactive Syndrome - Acute ... #causes #differential ... #diagnosis #msk
Acute and Chronic Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis
Pulmonary/Chest Wall:
 • Acute: Trauma, COPD exacerbation, Asthma
Acute and Chronic ... Diagnosis Pulmonary ... flare, Pleural effusion ... , Intracardiac shunt ... Diagnosis
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
Differential Diagnosis ... suggested by warmth, effusion ... the time course (acute ... Joint #pain #Differential ... #Diagnosis #MSK
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
Hepatopulmonary ... 1) or anatomic shunt ... Arterial blood gas (ABC ... older) on room air ... LizzieAbyMD #hepatopulmonary
Approach to the A-a Gradient
A-a gradient = PAO2 - PaO2
A-a gradient = [FiO2 x (Patm -
(assumes Room Air ... Pulmonary AVMs, Hepatopulmonary ... Disease and more • Diffusion ... Hypoxia #hypoxemia #differential ... #diagnosis
Blood Disorders - Markers and Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Acute
 • Myloid (AML) - CD13, CD33, CD34,
Diagnosis Algorithm ... Acute • Myloid ... T-cell - CD7, CD3 Chronic ... Pseudo Pelger-Huet ... Amy Chung, MD, MSc
Approach to Joint Pain

History:
Is the pain from:
	• Joint
	• Adjacent bursa
	• Tendon
	• Ligament
	• Bone
	• Muscle
	• Referred from
• Inflammatory arthritis ... : • Acute or chronic ... #Joint #Pain #MSK ... approach #workup #differential ... #diagnosis #arthritis
Approach to Joint Pain - Diagnostic Framework

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

1) Chronicity:
to Joint Pain - Diagnostic ... rheumatic fever • Chronic ... #Joint #Pain #MSK ... approach #workup #differential ... #diagnosis #arthritis
Causes of Interstitial Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia
 • (UIP) Usual Interstitial Pneumonia
Lung Disease - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Disease - Rheumatoid Arthritis ... , Beomycin • Acute ... or Chronic Radiation
Emergent Causes of Headache and Associated Risk Factors
Carbon monoxide poisoning
 - Breathing in enclosed or confined
immunization Temporal arteritis ... ) - Previous chronic ... meningitis - Previous chronic ... signs #symptoms #differential ... #emergency #diagnosis