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Arthrocentesis - Joint Fluid Analysis

Effusion Characteristics (Color, Clarity, WCC, PMN, Crystals, Bacteria) by Disease Process: 
OA,
Arthrocentesis - Joint ... Fluid Analysis ... #Table #Aspiration ... Pseudogout #Septic #Infective ... #Arthritis #Interpretation
Arthrocentesis of synovial fluid - Interpretation
 - Normal
 - Noninflammatory	
 - Inflammatory	
 - Septic

Viscosity of synovial
Arthrocentesis #Joint ... #Effusion #Analysis ... #Table #Aspiration ... Pseudogout #Septic #Infective ... #Arthritis #Interpretation
Synovial Fluid Analysis:

Findings (COLOR	TRANSPARENCY	VISCOSITY	WBC COUNT (PER MM3)	PMN CELL COUNT (%)	GRAM STAIN	CULTURE	PCR TEST	CRYSTALS)

By Condition (Normal 
Noninflammatory 
Inflammatory:
Synovial Fluid Analysis ... Arthrocentesis #Joint ... #Table #Aspiration ... Pseudogout #Septic #Infective ... #Arthritis
Findings in Cerebrospinal Fluid in Different Causes of Meningitis

#CSF #Fluid #Analysis #Interpretation #Meningitis #Normal #Bacterial #Viral
Cerebrospinal Fluid ... Meningitis #CSF #Fluid ... #Analysis #Interpretation ... Viral #Comparison #Table ... #Diagnosis #Infection
CPPD vs Gout

== CPPD == 

Think About CPPD When:
 • Self-limited synovitis after surgery/trauma (> 65
swelling in weird joints ... Hypomagnesemia Synovial Fluid ... diagnose concomitant infection ... Gout: Synovial Fluid ... Diagnose concomitant infection
Knee Effusions - Arthrocentesis Interpretation

Inflammatory arthritis:
 • Color: Yellow-> Green
 • Clarity: Opaque
 • Viscosity: Low
Arthrocentesis Interpretation ... Inflammatory arthritis ... MSU: Gout • CPPD ... diagnosis #septic #joint ... #fluid #analysis
Disseminated Gonococcal Infection - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Bacteremic spread of the Gram-negative diplococci Neisseria gonorrhoeae. History
Disseminated Gonococcal Infection ... symptomatic genital infection ... test • Synovial fluid ... analysis in all ... Disseminated #Gonococcal #Infection
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
Approach to Joint ... 2000 in synovial fluid ... taking a shower and moving ... By: - Chronic Infection ... Rubella Bacterial Infection
Pseudogout Summary - Calcium Pyrophosphate Deposition Disease (CPPD)

Pathophysiology:
Pyrophosphate produced by chondrocytes likely precipitates with calcium to
swelling in weird joints ... metacarpophalangeal joints ... MCP or shoulder joints ... Hypomagnesemia Synovial Fluid ... diagnose concomitant infection