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Subacromial Bursitis on POCUS

Chronic shoulder pain -> #POCUS shows fluid in subacromial bursa, Dx subacromial bursitis
Very
on POCUS Chronic ... shoulder pain - ... #POCUS #clinical ... #shoulder #MSK ... #Ultrasound
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
the time course (acute ... MONOARTHRITIS • Acute ... asymmetric pattern Acute ... or more joints Viral ... #Diagnosis #MSK
Septic Olecranon Bursitis on POCUS

A patient presents with fever to 102F and pain over her olecranon
on POCUS A patient ... presents with fever ... to 102F and pain ... clinical #ultrasound ... #MSK #Ortho
Approach to Joint Pain - Diagnostic Framework

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

1) Chronicity:
Approach to Joint Pain ... rheumatic fever ... • Chronic - Think ... • Acute = Viral ... #Joint #Pain #MSK
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
renal failure Clinical ... Pulmonary: dyspnea ... Extrapulmonary: ankle arthritis ... sarcoidosis Pulmonary ... anterior/posterior MSK
Osteomyelitis / Septic Arthritis on POCUS

A diabetic adult presents with pain and fever at this site.
presents with pain ... and fever at this ... concerning for late/chronic ... #clinical #POCUS ... #ultrasound #msk
Gout - Diagnosis and Management Summary

3 Conditions for Gout to Manifest:
1. Hyperuricemia
2. Monosodium urate deposition in
swelling, significant pain ... frequent attacks • Arthritis ... cellulitis mimic, bursitis ... not possible • Ultrasound ... Dual-energy CT → MSU
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
has five major clinical ... , chest pain • ... normal glucose level ... or chronic pulmonary ... Meningitis, septic arthritis
Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) Diagnosis and Management Summary

WHAT?
 • Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) is a common systemic inflammatory
presents with an acute ... proximal muscle pain ... for giant cell arteritis ... universally used, ultrasound ... treatment for PMR is a chronic