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Approach to Joint Pain - Diagnostic Framework

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

1) Chronicity:
Pain - Diagnostic ... reactive arthritis, gout ... #Joint #Pain #MSK ... rheumatology #approach #workup ... #differential #
Inflammatory Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Monoarticular
 • Gout (Podagra, Tophi)
 • Pseudogout
 • Early
Inflammatory Joint ... Pain - Differential ... Monoarticular • Gout ... ) • Gout • Psoriatic ... JointPain #MSK #Differential
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
Approach to Joint ... Differential Diagnosis ... Crystal induced (Gout ... fever • Lyme • Gout ... #pain #Differential
Approach to Joint Pain

History:
Is the pain from:
	• Joint
	• Adjacent bursa
	• Tendon
	• Ligament
	• Bone
	• Muscle
	• Referred from
Pain History ... : Is the pain from ... Disease: • Pain ... #approach #workup ... #differential #
Leg Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Bone/Joint Causes of Leg Pain:
 • Fracture
 • Arthritis
 • Gout/pseudogout
Leg Pain - Differential ... Framework Bone/Joint ... Arthritis • Gout ... onset - Intense joint ... differential #diagnosis
Extra-articular and Other Conditions Associated with Joint Pain

Eyes
  • Iritis or uveitis - Spondyloarthropathies, Sarcoidosis,
Associated with Joint ... Pain Eyes ... Nodules • RA • Gout ... Tophi - Gout ... #pain #differential
Suggested diagnostic approach to a patient with exudative ascites. Low ascitic fluid protein should direct practitioners
practitioners to rule out ... be done at this point ... to rule out lymphatic ... This differential ... ascites #diagnosis #workup
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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Knee Effusions - Differential ... Fever/Chills/Joint ... pain/Night sweats ... Effusions: - Gout ... - Pseudo gout
Top 10 situations when to think about lupus
1) Inflammatory joint pain (especially in the wrists and
) Inflammatory joint ... pain (especially ... and fingers, or pain ... the face (many differential ... has been ruled out
Rheumatology Workup - Laboratories Studies in Rheumatic Diseases

• Septic arthritis - Gram stain and culture of
Rheumatology Workup ... synovial fluid • Gout ... urate crystals (gout ... , and low back pain ... Arthritis #laboratory #workup