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Acute Joint Pain - Vitamin CD Mnemonic
Vascular
Infectious
Trauma - Multiple injury sites, Open Fracture, Infectious joint pain
Autoimmune
Autoimmune - See ... Degenerative Disc Disease ... Osteoporosis #Acute #JointPain ... VitaminCD #Mnemonic #MSK ... #Orthopedics #differential
Inflammatory Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Monoarticular
 • Gout (Podagra, Tophi)
 • Pseudogout
 • Early
Inflammatory Joint Pain - Differential ... Early Rheumatic Disease ... Sicca) Syndrome ... #Inflammatory #JointPain ... #MSK #Differential
Vascular Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
 - Constant Pain (Ischemia)
 - Acute Onset
 -
Vascular Joint Pain - Differential ... Peripheral Vascular Disease ... Marfan's Syndrome ... #Vascular #JointPain ... #MSK #Differential
BEE Syndromes - Non-inflammatory Causes

Immune-mediated conditions affecting the Brain, Eye, and Ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in
BEE Syndromes - ... and less common diseases ... infections • Lyme disease ... consistent with MS ... noninflammatory #differential
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
Hypertension - Workup ... and Differential ... evaluation should be ... Renal parenchymal disease ... #Hypertension #Workup
Polycythemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Polycythemia itself isn’t a diagnosis. Like many things, it is a condition
Polycythemia - Differential ... you’ll do a good workup ... can drive this disease ... As with many disease ... #Polycythemia #Differential
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
life-threatening diseases ... Inflammatory eye disease ... mononeuritis multiplex WORKUP ... not-optimal but may be ... #differential #
Approach to Joint Pain

History:
Is the pain from:
	• Joint
	• Adjacent bursa
	• Tendon
	• Ligament
	• Bone
	• Muscle
	• Referred from
Symptoms of Joint Disease ... must be differentiated ... #Joint #Pain #MSK ... rheumatology #approach #workup ... #differential #
Blood Culture-Negative Infective Endocarditis (BCNIE)
Definition: No etiology found after 3 separate blood cultures remain negative for
microbiological techniques Work-up ... antiphospholipid syndrome ... exists Infectious Diseases ... Endocarditis #diagnosis #differential ... #workup #infectiousdiseases
Hyponatremia - Diagnosis and Treatment
Hyponatremia is usually caused by the inability to excrete water normally.
Then, ask 3 questions ... to work through ... approach to the differential ... demyelination syndrome ... vaptans (HF/liver disease