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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 ... acute rheumatic fever ... ), RA, crystal disease ... #workup #differential
Inflammatory Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Monoarticular
 • Gout (Podagra, Tophi)
 • Pseudogout
 • Early
Pain - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Rheumatic Fever ... Sicca) Syndrome ... • Rheumatic Fever
Extra-articular and Other Conditions Associated with Joint Pain

Eyes
  • Iritis or uveitis - Spondyloarthropathies, Sarcoidosis,
Associated with Joint ... Heberden's nodes (DIP joints ... Bouchard's nodes (PIP joints ... #pain #differential ... #diagnosis #rheumatology
Pulmonary Renal Syndrome

Definition: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + Glomerulonephritis
Presentation (Pulmonary and renal manifestations can occur weeks apart):
Cough, Dyspnea, Fever ... Diagnosis for Pulmonary ... , ESR, CRP • Urinalysis ... #differential # ... diagnosis #nephrology
Algorithm for the Evaluation of Chronic Diarrhea (< 7 days)
Exclude:
1. Causes of acute diarrhea
2. Lactose intolerance
3.
Irritable bowel syndrome ... Systemic disease ... - Fecal leukocytes ... management #algorithm #workup ... #diagnosis #differential
Erythematous Rashes - THE ALGORITHMIC APPROACH

Characterized by diffuse redness of the skin due to
capillary congestion, erythematous
THE ALGORITHMIC APPROACH ... Nikolsky sign, the differential ... Kawasaki disease ... and toxic shock syndrome ... #Differential
Approach to Joint Pain

History:
Is the pain from:
	• Joint
	• Adjacent bursa
	• Tendon
	• Ligament
	• Bone
	• Muscle
	• Referred from
Approach to Joint ... Disease: • Pain ... #rheumatology #approach ... #workup #differential ... #diagnosis #arthritis
Suggested diagnostic approach to a patient with exudative ascites. Low ascitic fluid protein should direct practitioners
approach to a patient ... out nephrotic syndrome ... be done at this point ... obstruction, nephrotic syndrome ... #workup #algorithm
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
Approach to Joint ... Pain - Arthritis Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... morning • Effusion leukocyte ... #Diagnosis #MSK
Leukemias Overview: ALL, CML, AML, APML, CLL

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
extramedullary disease ... Headaches, bone pain, fever ... , joint pain, bleeding ... • Tumor lysis syndrome ... Hematology #Oncology #Diagnosis