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McMurray's Test for Meniscal Tear on Knee Examination

With the patient lying supine, the examiner palpates the
McMurray's Test for Meniscal ... Tear on Knee Examination ... can indicate a meniscal ... injury. ... #Tear #Meniscus
Thessaly Test for Knee Meniscal Tear

The test is positive if there is medial or lateral joint
Test for Knee Meniscal ... Tear The test ... Thessaly #Test #Knee #Meniscal ... #Injury #Tear #
Thessaly Test for Knee Meniscal Tear

The test is positive if there is medial or lateral joint
Test for Knee Meniscal ... Tear The test ... Thessaly #Test #Knee #Meniscal ... #Injury #Tear #
Thessaly Test for Knee Meniscal Tear

The test is positive if there is medial or lateral joint
Test for Knee Meniscal ... Tear The test ... Thessaly #Test #Knee #Meniscal ... #Injury #Tear #
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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bearing after injury ... Effusions - Septic Arthritis ... : - Reactive arthritis ... Ligamentous injuries - Meniscal ... injury - Intra-articulation
Approach to Joint Pain

History:
Is the pain from:
	• Joint
	• Adjacent bursa
	• Tendon
	• Ligament
	• Bone
	• Muscle
	• Referred from
• Inflammatory arthritis ... Noninflammatory arthritis ... with rheumatoid arthritis ... trauma (e.g., meniscal ... tears) • Congenital
Differential Diagnosis of Acute Arthritis

Crystal-induced arthritis: Calcium oxalate, gout, cholesterol, pseudogout, hydroxyapatite crystals

Infectious arthritis: Bacteria, fungi,
Diagnosis of Acute Arthritis ... Crystal-induced arthritis ... , reactive arthritis ... hyperlipoproteinemia,* meniscal ... tear Systemic
Posterior Knee Dislocation Injury
Specifically, POSTERIOR KNEE DISLOCATIONS can have significant associated injury that needs unique approach
Knee Dislocation Injury ... with mechanism of injury ... signal vascular injury ... special ligament/meniscus ... >> LINK TO ACL TEARS