23 results
Approach to Joint Pain - Diagnostic Framework

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

1) Chronicity:
Pain - Diagnostic ... - parvovirus, HIV ... #rheumatology # ... approach #workup ... #differential #diagnosis
Infectious Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Polyarticular Join Pain
 • Viral Myalgia
 • Viral Arthritis
Infectious Joint ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Polyarticular Join ... rash) • Primary HIV ... #Algorithm #Orthopedics
Causes of Polyneuropathy - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Metabolic: DM, Hypothyroidism, CKD, Cirrhosis, Nutritional deficiency
 •
- Differential Diagnosis ... : HIV, Lyme, Diphtheria ... Mitochondrial issues - VA Joint ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... Algorithm #causes #neurology
Approach to Joint Pain

History:
Is the pain from:
	• Joint
	• Adjacent bursa
	• Tendon
	• Ligament
	• Bone
	• Muscle
	• Referred from
Calcium oxalate Infectious ... e.g., congenital hip ... #Pain #MSK #rheumatology ... #approach #workup ... #differential #diagnosis
Causes of Thrombocytopenia and Platelet Disorders - Differential Diagnosis and Workup
History:
 - Prior platelet count, family
procedures - Infection ... Risks factor for HIV ... peripheral blood smear, HIV ... (CVID, WAS), (neurologic ... #hematology
Disseminated Gonococcal Infection - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Bacteremic spread of the Gram-negative diplococci Neisseria gonorrhoeae. History
- Diagnosis and ... an accessible joint ... typically part of the workup ... all patients for HIV ... oligoarthritis • Distal joints
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
Arthritis Differential Diagnosis ... spine, shoulders, hips ... Parvovirus B19 • HIV ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #MSK #rheumatology
Greater Trochanteric Bursa Injection 

Usually roll patient on side, find the most tender spot, approximately an
leg well below hip ... joint. ... video #procedure #rheumatology ... #sports #msk #orthopedics ... #hip
Bell's Palsy - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook

Acute Idiopathic Unilateral Facial Nerve (CN7) Palsy
Presentation:
(Ramsay-Hunt), HIV ... and Workup: • ... No additional workup ... endemic area) ± HIV ... Management #Treatment #Neurology
Causes of Bone/Joint Pain in Sickle Cell Disease
Vaso-occlusive pain:
 • Mechanism: ischemic pain
 • Can present
Causes of Bone/Joint ... predispose to other orthopedic ... common sites: hip ... #differential #diagnosis ... #causes #hematology