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Pivot-Shift Test in ACL-deficient Knee

This patient has pathologic varus alignment across the knee and a chronic
Pivot-Shift Test ... pathologic varus alignment ... to correct his alignment ... #Pivot #Shift #PivotShift ... #test #ACL #Knee
Normal (Negative) Pivot-Shift Test for ACL Knee Injury

Andrew Dold, MD @dr.dold.md

#Pivot #Shift #PivotShift #test #ACL #Knee
Negative) Pivot-Shift Test ... #Pivot #Shift #PivotShift ... #test #ACL #Knee ... anterior #cruciate #ligament
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus - Summary
Antinuclear (ANA) - 95% - Initial screening test
Anti-dsDNA - 50%
 • Associated
Initial screening test ... block • Sjogren syndrome ... polymyositis overlap syndrome ... Summary #diagnosis #rheumatology
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
Behçet's Syndrome ... pathognomonic laboratory tests ... Positive pathergy test ... is a skin prick test ... signs #symptoms #rheumatology
Thrombocytopenia and Pregnancy - TTP/HUS, HELLP Syndrome and Acute Fatty Liver of Pregnancy (AFLP)
Three syndromes in
TTP/HUS, HELLP Syndrome ... Pregnancy (AFLP) Three syndromes ... Elevated Liver tests ... AFLP #obstetrics #hematology
Behcet's Syndrome - Diagnosis
Diagnostic Criteria for Behget's Syndrome (International Study Group for Behget's Disease):
 • Recurrent,
Behcet's Syndrome ... Criteria for Behget's Syndrome ... Abnormal pathergy test ... EricsMedicalLectures/ #Behcets #Syndrome ... Diagnosis #criteria #rheumatology
Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS)
Classified among the secondary or acquired forms of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (sHLH)

What?
A subset of
Macrophage Activation Syndrome ... Periodic fever syndromes ... hypersensitivity syndromes ... Liver function tests ... #Rheumatology
Hemolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

1) Environment
  - Fragmentation
  - MAHA: TTP, HUS, DIC, HELLP
Drug-associated, PCH, Evans Syndrome ... Laboratory Tests ... Differential #Diagnosis #hematology
Approach to Joint Pain

History:
Is the pain from:
	• Joint
	• Adjacent bursa
	• Tendon
	• Ligament
	• Bone
	• Muscle
	• Referred from
• Tendon • Ligament ... present both at rest ... improves quickly with rest ... Joint #Pain #MSK #rheumatology
Causes of Anemia with elevated Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Normal Blood Smear
 •
Myelodysplastic Syndromes ... Liver Function Tests ... Liver Function Tests ... Algorithm #Causes #Hematology