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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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Causes of Knee Effusions ... - Systemic disease ... SLE - Behcet Disease ... - Synovium - Oral ... differential #diagnosis #msk
Evaluation of Suprapatellar Knee Effusion (normal knee) on Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS)

POCUS for knee effusions:
Effusion (normal ... ) POCUS for knee ... effusions: remember ... #MSK #POCUS #Clinical ... #Normal
Radiographic appearances of pulmonary diseases in HIV/AIDS Patients
 • Diffuse Interstitial Infiltrates: Pneumocystis jirovecii, M.tuberculosis, Histoplasma
Actinomyces spp., NHL; Lung ... • Pleural effusion ... Parapneumonic effusion ... ; empyema, M.tuberculosis ... P.jiroveci • Normal
Images of the knee were taken as well that demonstrated no significant joint effusion.

Dr. Michael Schick
Images of the knee ... significant joint effusion ... Medicine #Clinical #MSK ... #POCUS #Knee #Normal
Upper Lobe Lung Diseases - STAR CHASERS Mnemonic

S - Silicosis
T - Tuberculosis
A - Ankylosing Spondylitis
R -
Upper Lobe Lung ... ventilation to perfusion ... Centrilobular emphysema ... granulomatosis • Abnormal ... perfusion kinetics
Lipohemarthrosis on POCUS
Pain in L knee after injury. Long axis in suprapatellar recess. What's the diagnosis?
Answer:
Lipohemarthrosis on POCUS ... Long axis in suprapatellar ... liquid layer in the effusion ... Lipohemarthrosis #POCUS ... clinical #ultrasound #msk
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
specific questions to ask ... neuroexam - Oral ... risk (>5%): - Aortic ... Severe Aortic stenosis ... unless prior heart/lung
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview

Epidemiology:
• F > M: 9:1
• 5-6th Decades (can be any age)

Autoimmune exocrinopathy multisystemic disease
multisystemic disease ... thickening or effusion ... phenomenon (16%) MSK ... MALT Lymphoma • Lung ... Pharmacologic: • Severe oral