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Reactive Arthritis
 • Inflammation of joints (commonly large joints)
    - Asymmetric Oligoarthritis: Joint
Reactive Arthritis ... Inflammation of joints ... Effusions • Inflammation ... Genitourinary tract -> Urethritis ... Membranes ->Small oral
Rheumatoid Arthritis Summary
Overview: chronic, inflammatory symmetric polyarthritis involving small joints of hands/feet, knees, shoulders
Signs & Symptoms:
Rheumatoid Arthritis ... effusions, reduced ... narrowing) • Ultrasound ... Diagnosis: CLINICAL ... #Rheumatoid #Arthritis
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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Fever/Chills/Joint ... - Septic Arthritis ... : - Reactive arthritis ... RA/Idiopathic arthritis ... - Synovium - Oral
Arthrocentesis of synovial fluid - Interpretation
 - Normal
 - Noninflammatory	
 - Inflammatory	
 - Septic

Viscosity of synovial
Interpretation - Normal ... rule out septic arthritis ... Arthrocentesis #Joint ... Syonvial #Fluid #Effusion ... Septic #Infective #Arthritis
Synovial Fluid Analysis:

Findings (COLOR	TRANSPARENCY	VISCOSITY	WBC COUNT (PER MM3)	PMN CELL COUNT (%)	GRAM STAIN	CULTURE	PCR TEST	CRYSTALS)

By Condition (Normal 
Noninflammatory 
Inflammatory:
By Condition (Normal ... Arthrocentesis #Joint ... Syonvial #Fluid #Effusion ... Septic #Infective #Arthritis
Tibiotalar Ankle Effusion Evaluation on Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS)

POCUS for ankle effusions: position the ankle
Evaluation on Point ... of Care Ultrasound ... the tibiotalar joint ... #Normal #Ankle ... #POCUS #MSK #Clinical
Septic arthritis of the elbow on Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS)

66M w painful, swollen R elbow
Septic arthritis ... of Care Ultrasound ... effusion seen between ... UAB_Sono #Septic #arthritis ... Clinical #POCUS
Evaluation of Suprapatellar Knee Effusion (normal knee) on Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS)

POCUS for knee effusions:
(normal knee) on ... Point of Care Ultrasound ... with the knee joint ... Knee #MSK #POCUS #Clinical ... #Normal
Osteoarthritis (OA): Clinical findings
 • Stimulation of joint nociceptors in subchondral bone -> Pain with loading
Osteoarthritis (OA): Clinical ... Stimulation of joint ... Disruption of normal ... osteophyte with normal ... effusion #Osteoarthritis
Right pleural effusion with "spine sign" seen beautifully by using large footprint curvilinear transducer on lung
Right pleural effusion ... transducer on lung Point ... of Care Ultrasound ... #Spine #Sign #Clinical ... Lung #Pleural #Effusion