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Rheumatology Workup - Laboratories Studies in Rheumatic Diseases

• Septic arthritis - Gram stain and culture of
Rheumatology Workup ... should be obtained ... , and low back pain ... #laboratory #workup ... #Rheumatology
Rheumatoid Arthritis Summary
Overview: chronic, inflammatory symmetric polyarthritis involving small joints of hands/feet, knees, shoulders
Signs & Symptoms:
Rheumatoid Arthritis ... hands/feet, knees, shoulders ... inflammatory) • joint pain ... effusions, reduced ROM Laboratory ... #rheumatology
Approach to Joint Pain

History:
Is the pain from:
	• Joint
	• Adjacent bursa
	• Tendon
	• Ligament
	• Bone
	• Muscle
	• Referred from
Approach to Joint Pain ... both at rest and ... improves quickly with rest ... #MSK #rheumatology ... #differential #diagnosis
Hemolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

1) Environment
  - Fragmentation
  - MAHA: TTP, HUS, DIC, HELLP
- Differential Diagnosis ... Drug-associated, PCH ... Hypophostphatemia Laboratory ... Tests: - Haptoglobin ... #hematology
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
pathognomonic laboratory ... tests in Behcet ... is a skin prick test ... Nonsurgical abdominal pain ... signs #symptoms #rheumatology
Causes of Bone/Joint Pain in Sickle Cell Disease
Vaso-occlusive pain:
 • Mechanism: ischemic pain
 • Can present
of Bone/Joint Pain ... common sites: hip, shoulder ... Osteomyelitis / Septic Arthritis ... #differential #diagnosis ... #causes #hematology
Abdominal Pain - Differential Diagnosis According to Localization of Abdominal Pain 

Abdominal pain can originate from
GI, infectious, hematologic ... An EP should prioritize ... (Table 2). ... exhaustive and should ... GrepMed Recommended Text
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
Diagnosis Framework ... axial (spine, shoulders ... - Autoimmune Rheumatologic ... #Diagnosis #MSK ... #rheumatology #
Cold Urticaria
Prevalence - 0.05% in the population
Disease onset - Mostly 2nd to 4th decades of life
Causes
Nausea, abdominal pain ... Disorientation, vertigo Diagnostic ... Cold #Urticaria #diagnosis ... #rheumatology # ... comparison #table
CPPD vs Gout

== CPPD == 

Think About CPPD When:
 • Self-limited synovitis after surgery/trauma (> 65
weird joints (shoulders ... onset of swelling, pain ... Wrist, MCP, or shoulder ... swelling, significant pain ... Gout #Comparison #rheumatology