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Approach to Joint Pain - Diagnostic Framework

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

1) Chronicity:
- Think about bacterial ... infections (bacterial ... (bacterial, gonococcal ... with bacterial ... you can also get bacterial
Extra-articular and Other Conditions Associated with Joint Pain

Eyes
  • Iritis or uveitis - Spondyloarthropathies, Sarcoidosis,
Associated with Joint ... Fever • Bacterial ... • Subacute bacterial ... murmur, fever - Bacterial ... #pain #differential
Typical Clinical Presentations of Septic Arthritis by Pathogen and Joint Involvement

#Diagnosis #Septic #Arthritis #Differential #History #Presentation
Presentations of Septic Arthritis ... by Pathogen and Joint ... Diagnosis #Septic #Arthritis ... #Differential # ... Presentation #Pathogen #Bacteria
Arthrocentesis - Joint Fluid Analysis

Effusion Characteristics (Color, Clarity, WCC, PMN, Crystals, Bacteria) by Disease Process: 
OA,
Arthrocentesis - Joint ... PMN, Crystals, Bacteria ... , Septic arthritis ... #Diagnosis #Differential ... Arthrocentesis #Joint
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
Differential Diagnosis ... burgdorferi • Virus/Bacteria ... virus • Rubella Bacterial ... gonorrhea) • Bacterial ... Joint #pain #Differential
Microbial Etiology of Acute Pharyngitis - IDSA
Bacterial
 • Group A streptococcus - Pharyngotonsillitis, scarlet fever
 •
Microbial Etiology of Acute ... Pharyngitis - IDSA ... Bacterial • ... #diagnosis #differential ... #causes #bacteria
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 ... infections related to bacterial ... approach #workup #differential
Inflammatory Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Monoarticular
 • Gout (Podagra, Tophi)
 • Pseudogout
 • Early
Pain - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Rheumatic Fever Acute ... JointPain #MSK #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Causes of Pediatric Stridor - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Present Since Infancy with No Respiratory Distress:
 • Laryngomalacia
Present
Pediatric Stridor - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Stenosis Non-Acute ... Mononucleosis • Bacterial ... Partially-Treated Bacterial
IDSA Clinical Practice Guideline for Acute Bacterial Rhinosinusitis
Algorithm for the management of acute bacterial rhinosinusitis.
IDSA Clinical Practice ... Bacterial Rhinosinusitis ... Algorithm for the ... bacterial rhinosinusitis ... Rhinosinusitis #Bacterial