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Septic Arthritis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Clinical Exam: hot, swollen, pain with passive AND active ROM
Diagnosis and Management ... necrosis, Lyme disease ... Workup: arthrocentesis ... staphylococcus, gram negative ... #Diagnosis #Management
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
skin injury) • Neurologic ... meningitis), MCC CNS symptoms ... SLE, Reactive arthritis ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management ... #signs #symptoms
Lyme Disease: Early and Late Clinical manifestations
Stage 1. Localized
 • EM appears 7-14 days at the
Lyme Disease: Early ... • Heralded by neurologic ... years after • Arthritis ... #diagnosis #signs ... #symptoms
Clinical Manifestations and Diagnosis of Lyme Disease - Borreliosis
Erythema migrans
 - 3-32 days (median: 7-10 days)
Diagnosis of Lyme Disease ... findings, Lyme serology ... negative Acrodermatitis ... Borreliosis #Diagnosis #Signs ... #Symptoms #Timeline
Gastrointestinal Evaluation of Iron Deficiency Anemia
In patients with anemia, diagnose iron deficiency if:
 • Ferritin <
Test for celiac disease ... with serology first ... endoscopy only if: • Negative ... change medical management ... Gastrointestinal #Evaluation #workup
Drug Induced Lupus vs SLE
Drug Induced Lupus (DIL):
 • Epidemiology: -10% of all lupus cases, drug-dependent,
Constitutional symptoms ... , Arthritis, myalgia ... • Immunologic Workup ... pANCA anti-MPO - Negative ... Evolution: Chronic disease
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
noninflammatory Signs ... constitutional symptoms ... Rheumatologic Disease ... aureus • Gram-negative ... burgdorferi (Lyme disease
Multiple Sclerosis - Summary

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune-mediated neurodegenerative disease of the central nervous system
neurodegenerative disease ... Signs and symptoms ... objective evidence of neurologic ... sclerosis #diagnosis #management ... #neurology #treatment
Tularemia - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Francisella tularensis - Aerobic fastidious gram-negative Coccobacillus - Zoonotic Infection
 •
Diagnosis and Management ... fastidious gram-negative ... eye; unilateral symptoms ... conditions Diagnosis: Serology ... Treatment: • Severe Disease
Rheumatology Workup - Laboratories Studies in Rheumatic Diseases

• Septic arthritis - Gram stain and culture of
Rheumatology Workup ... Studies in Rheumatic Diseases ... ANAs; thus, a negative ... • Hepatitis B serology ... #laboratory #workup