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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 ... Fever/Chills/Joint pain ... Infectious Knee ... Effusions #causes #differential ... #diagnosis #msk
Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis
Articular: Infectious, Degenerative, Inflammatory
Non-articular: Localized, General

#Joint #Pain #Differential #Diagnosis #MSK #algorithm
Joint Pain - Differential ... Diagnosis Articular: Infectious ... General #Joint #Pain ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #MSK #
Clarke's Test (Patellar Grind Test)

Indicates Patellofemoral dysfunction.
 - Patient with knee in extension. Push posterior on
- Patient with knee ... of patella then ask ... Positive sign: Pain ... is produced in knee ... Patellofemoral #msk
Infectious Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Polyarticular Join Pain
 • Viral Myalgia
 • Viral Arthritis
Infectious Joint ... Pain - Differential ... Polyarticular Join Pain ... #JointPain #MSK ... #Differential #
Thessaly Test for Knee Meniscal Tear

The test is positive if there is medial or lateral joint
Thessaly Test for Knee ... lateral joint line pain ... Thessaly #Test #Knee ... #physicalexam #msk
Varus Stress Test for LCL Injury on Knee Physical Exam

The knee is examined in extension and
LCL Injury on Knee ... Physical Exam The knee ... positive if there is pain ... #Stress #Test #Knee ... video #sports #msk
Medial Approach Knee Intra-articular Corticosteroid Injection 

Landmark 1/3 to 1/2 way from top of patella. Find
Medial Approach Knee ... Corticosteroid Injection ... Janetbirdope #Medial #Knee ... Corticosteroid #Injection ... physicalexam #procedure #msk
Acute Joint Pain - Vitamin CD Mnemonic
Vascular
Infectious
Trauma - Multiple injury sites, Open Fracture, Infectious joint pain
Autoimmune
Acute Joint Pain ... Mnemonic Vascular Infectious ... Open Fracture, Infectious ... VitaminCD #Mnemonic #MSK ... #Orthopedics #differential
Monoarthritis - Differential Diagnosis
Infection (Acute):
 - S. aureus (most common)
 - S. pneumonia
 - Salmonella (in
Monoarthritis - Differential ... Diagnosis Infection ... Infection (Chronic ... Usually involves the knee ... Monoarthritis #Differential
Patellofemoral Syndrome - Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Anterior Knee Pain with possible symptoms of 'catching'
findings • Anterior Knee ... Pain with possible ... kneeling worsens pain ... signs #symptoms #msk