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Infectious Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Polyarticular Join Pain
 • Viral Myalgia
 • Viral Arthritis
Infectious Joint ... Pain - Differential ... Pain • Viral ... rash) • Primary HIV ... #Orthopedics #Causes
Approach to Joint Pain - Diagnostic Framework

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

1) Chronicity:
Pain - Diagnostic ... - parvovirus, HIV ... #Joint #Pain #MSK ... rheumatology #approach #workup ... #differential #
Acute Joint Pain - Vitamin CD Mnemonic
Vascular
Infectious
Trauma - Multiple injury sites, Open Fracture, Infectious joint pain
Autoimmune
Acute Joint Pain ... joint pain Autoimmune ... Mnemonic #MSK #Orthopedics ... #differential # ... diagnosis #Causes
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 ... • Differentiate ... #diagnosis #causes
Mallet Finger
Absence of a fracture does NOT exclude Mallet finger, the extension function of the DIP
Finger deformity caused ... ED Management: Pain ... Discharge with orthpedic ... Mallet #Finger #Radiology ... #XRay #Diagnosis
Abdominal Pain - Differential Diagnosis According to Localization of Abdominal Pain 

Abdominal pain can originate from
Differential Diagnosis ... , Cardiac, GI, infectious ... conditions in his ... differential diagnoses ... (Table 2).
Causes of Polyneuropathy - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Metabolic: DM, Hypothyroidism, CKD, Cirrhosis, Nutritional deficiency
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Causes of Polyneuropathy ... - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... : HIV, Lyme, Diphtheria ... Mitochondrial issues - VA Joint
Causes of Thrombocytopenia and Platelet Disorders - Differential Diagnosis and Workup
History:
 - Prior platelet count, family
Diagnosis and Workup ... procedures - Infection ... Risks factor for HIV ... peripheral blood smear, HIV ... #Diagnosis #Causes
Travel History - Clues to Infectious Disease Diagnosis in a Traveler 
 • Where did you
, Hepatitis C, HIV ... , Hepatitis C, HIV ... , HIV, Hepatitis ... Commercial sex worker ... #differential #
Leg Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Bone/Joint Causes of Leg Pain:
 • Fracture
 • Arthritis
 • Gout/pseudogout
Leg Pain - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... Bone/Joint Causes ... Herpes zoster - HIV ... differential #diagnosis