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Approach to Joint Pain - Diagnostic Framework

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

1) Chronicity:
Approach to Joint ... Pain - Diagnostic ... Like in this case ... #Joint #Pain #MSK ... #rheumatology #
Infectious Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Polyarticular Join Pain
 • Viral Myalgia
 • Viral Arthritis
Infectious Joint ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Pain • Viral ... Infectious #JointPain #MSK ... #Causes
Medial Knee Intra-articular Corticosteroid Injection 

Injection of medial knee with intra-articular steroid. Find the inferior part
Injection of ... Find the inferior ... are where you should ... physicalexam #procedure #msk ... orthopedics #sports #rheumatology
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Rheumatoid Arthritis Summary
Overview: chronic, inflammatory symmetric polyarthritis involving small joints of hands/feet, knees, shoulders
Signs & Symptoms:
of hands/feet, knees ... , shoulders Signs ... pain / swelling ... corticosteroid injections ... #management #rheumatology
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
Approach to Joint ... Differential Diagnosis ... axial (spine, shoulders ... weeks) Can Be Caused ... #Diagnosis #MSK
Inflammatory Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Monoarticular
 • Gout (Podagra, Tophi)
 • Pseudogout
 • Early
Pain - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Genitourinary Infection ... Inflammatory #JointPain #MSK ... #Causes
Approach to Joint Pain

History:
Is the pain from:
	• Joint
	• Adjacent bursa
	• Tendon
	• Ligament
	• Bone
	• Muscle
	• Referred from
Approach to Joint ... Acute or chronic infections ... #Pain #MSK #rheumatology ... #approach #workup ... #differential #diagnosis
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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Causes of Knee Effusions ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Fever/Chills/Joint ... pain/Night sweats ... #msk #physicalexam
Suggested diagnostic approach to a patient with exudative ascites. Low ascitic fluid protein should direct practitioners
approach to a patient ... fluid protein should ... syndrome as a cause ... be done at this point ... #workup #algorithm
THE LIMPING OR NON-WEIGHT BEARING CHILD PATHWAY

RED FLAGS - In all cases there are specific
markers which
disease and these should ... cell disease Rheumatology ... discrepancy, multiple joint ... #Limping #NWB #Algorithm ... Peds #Pediatrics #Diagnosis