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Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
- Arthritis Differential ... morning • Effusion leukocyte ... - Autoimmune Rheumatologic ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #MSK #rheumatology
CPPD vs Gout

== CPPD == 

Think About CPPD When:
 • Self-limited synovitis after surgery/trauma (> 65
• Underlying disease ... Pyrophosphate produced ... precipitates with calcium ... (leukocyte) crystals ... #Comparison #rheumatology
Approach to Joint Pain - Diagnostic Framework

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

1) Chronicity:
Approach to Joint Pain ... ), RA, crystal disease ... #rheumatology # ... approach #workup ... #differential #
Approach to Joint Pain

History:
Is the pain from:
	• Joint
	• Adjacent bursa
	• Tendon
	• Ligament
	• Bone
	• Muscle
	• Referred from
oxalate Infectious ... Arthritis: • Acute ... #MSK #rheumatology ... #approach #workup ... #differential #
Blood Product Transfusions One Pager Summary
Type and screen - determines blood type and detects in recipient
Types: • Leukocyte ... to accumulated inflammatory ... : Fever, flank pain ... binds to serum calcium ... Transfusions #diagnosis #management
Gout - Diagnosis and Management Summary

3 Conditions for Gout to Manifest:
1. Hyperuricemia
2. Monosodium urate deposition in
inflammatory response ... swelling, significant pain ... (leukocyte) crystals ... Diagnose concomitant infection ... #treatment #rheumatology
Blood Transfusion Reactions

Immune Mediated:
 • Febrile Non-Hemolytic Transfusion Reaction (FNHTR): Most common immune reaction to transfusion.
to accumulated inflammatory ... : Fever, flank pain ... proteins on plts, leukocytes ... binds to serum calcium ... Transfusion #diagnosis #management
Pseudogout Summary - Calcium Pyrophosphate Deposition Disease (CPPD)

Pathophysiology:
Pyrophosphate produced by chondrocytes likely precipitates with calcium to
Pyrophosphate produced ... diagnose concomitant infection ... neck pain, fever ... #Rheumatology # ... diagnosis #management
Rheumatology Workup - Laboratories Studies in Rheumatic Diseases

• Septic arthritis - Gram stain and culture of
Rheumatology Workup ... synovial fluid • Gout ... urate crystals (gout ... Screening Tests for Acute ... , and low back pain
Hodgkin's Lymphoma Overview

Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL) is an uncommon hematological malignancy arising from mature B cells. It
History of EBV infection ... hemolytic anemia • Pain ... genes and gene products ... Hodgkin Lymphoma Workup ... #oncology #management