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Approach to Joint Pain - Diagnostic Framework

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

1) Chronicity:
rheumatic fever ... • Chronic - Think ... • Acute = Viral ... hepatitis, herpes • Chronic ... #Joint #Pain #MSK
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
the time course (acute ... MONOARTHRITIS • Acute ... asymmetric pattern Acute ... Viral Infections ... #Diagnosis #MSK
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
considered, like acute ... or chronic illness ... Lobar pneumonia ... Pulmonary hemorrhage ... Clinical #Diagnosis #Radiology
Severe Heart Failure & Cardiogenic Shock - Management Checklist 
Evaluation 
 - EKG & echocardiography
and/or digoxin level ... drained if causing acute ... (no B-lines on ultrasound ... patients With chronic ... #HeartFailure #Cardiology
Osteomyelitis / Septic Arthritis on POCUS

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

3 Conditions for Gout to Manifest:
1. Hyperuricemia
2. Monosodium urate deposition in
deposition in joints ... attacks • Other joints ... frequent attacks • Arthritis ... not possible • Ultrasound ... Dual-energy CT → MSU