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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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- Differential ... Systemic disease - Malignancy ... : - Gout - Pseudo ... dislocation Malignant ... #causes #differential
Differential Diagnosis - Noninfectious Causes of Fever

CRITICAL DIAGNOSES:
 - Acute myocardial infarction
 - Pulmonary embolism or
Differential Diagnosis ... Causes of Fever CRITICAL ... infarction - Pulmonary ... - Neuroleptic malignant ... - Gout - Sarcoidosis
Massive Pericardial Effusion on Echocardiogram

I recently saw the largest pericardial effusion of my life. Something out
Massive Pericardial Effusion ... largest pericardial effusion ... Something out of ... removed - Suspected Malignancy ... Echocardiogram #POCUS #Clinical
Hemorrhagic Pericardial Effusions (Hemopericardium)- Differential Diagnosis Framework

IATROGENIC DISEASE
Secondary to invasive cardiac procedures

NONIATROGENIC
• Malignancy (e.g., metastatic spread:
Hemopericardium)- Differential ... NONIATROGENIC • Malignancy ... patients with pulmonary ... have to repeat if malignancy ... Hemopericardium #Differential
Malignant Pleural Effusions
Malignant pleural effusion with atelectasis. Echo was ordered after chest x-ray to rule out
Malignant Pleural ... Effusions Malignant ... x-ray to rule out ... Ivan_Echocardio #malignant ... #lung #clinical
Light's Criteria

Medical Nugget on Light's Criteria for diagnosis of Exudative Pleural Effusion in adults and children.
Exudative Pleural Effusion ... Pediatrics #Diagnosis #Effusion ... LightsCriteria #MedNugget #differential ... #ddxof #pulmonary ... im #radiology #clinical
Causes of Pleural Effusion - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Transudate - Hydrostatic
 • Congestive heart failure
 • Constrictive
Causes of Pleural Effusion ... - Differential ... Noninfectious: • Malignancy ... • Pulmonary embolism ... #Pulmonary #Diagnosis
Adult-Onset Still's Disease
Clinical triad: Fever, Arthralgia/arthritis, Skin rash ± odynophagia
+ Biological inflammation: Increased neutrophils, Hyperferritinemia, decreased
Still's Disease Clinical ... fraction < 20% Differential ... Hantavirus • Malignant ... hepatitis • Pulmonary ... : pleural effusion
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
Pain - Arthritis Differential ... leukocyte count ... Crystal induced (Gout ... fever • Lyme • Gout ... #Joint #pain #Differential
Pulmonary complications of targeted therapy
-Immune checkpoint inhibitors (e.g. pembrolizumab)
-Pneumonitis is uncommon (~5% of patients) but can
Pulmonary complications ... exclusion: rule out ... infection and malignancy-associated ... reports of pleural effusion ... #Clinical #Diagnosis