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Approach to a Positive (+) Rheumatoid Factor (RF)
(+) RF does not always = RA
Rheumatic disorders:
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disorders of Liver & Lung ... Malignancies • Aging ... #Factor #RF #rheumatology ... #laboratory #differential ... #diagnosis
Rheumatoid Arthritis Summary
Overview: chronic, inflammatory symmetric polyarthritis involving small joints of hands/feet, knees, shoulders
Signs & Symptoms:
knees, shoulders Signs ... • Ultrasound Diagnosis ... : CLINICAL DIAGNOSIS ... #Arthritis #diagnosis ... #management #rheumatology
Pulmonary Pathology and Associated Lung Ultrasound Findings
Pneumothorax:
 - No lung sliding/barcode sign
 - Lung point (hard
- Lung point ... pleura in severe cases ... #pulmonary #differential ... #diagnosis #signs ... #Lung #POCUS #ultrasound
Causes of Pericardial Effusion - Differential Diagnosis
Infectious:
 • Viral: Enterovirus, Herpesvirus, Adenovirus, Parvovirus
 • Bacterial: Mycobacterium
Causes of Pericardial ... Non-Infectious: • Rheumatologic ... : SLE, Rheumatoid ... - Metastatic: Lung ... #Diagnosis #Causes
Causes of Bone/Joint Pain in Sickle Cell Disease
Vaso-occlusive pain:
 • Mechanism: ischemic pain
 • Can present
Causes of Bone/Joint ... Generally affects long ... • Differentiate ... #diagnosis #causes ... #hematology
Bilateral B-Lines in case of Pneumonia on Lung POCUS

Young healthy pt with fever/dyspnea. POCUS lung exam
POCUS lung exam ... Differential Bilat ... Lung POCUS shows ... partially seen shred sign ... NOT definitively diagnose
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
Pain - Arthritis Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... noninflammatory Signs ... weeks) Can Be Caused ... #Diagnosis #MSK
Extra-articular and Other Conditions Associated with Joint Pain

Eyes
  • Iritis or uveitis - Spondyloarthropathies, Sarcoidosis,
• Interstitial lung ... • Shrinking lung ... System Tender points ... #pain #differential ... #diagnosis #rheumatology
Rheumatoid Arthritis - Signs and Symptoms
 • Ocular: Keratoconjunctivitis sicca, Episcleritis, Scleritis, Scleromalacia perforans
 • Pulmonary:
- Signs and Symptoms ... Pulmonary: Parenchymal lung ... Musculoskeletal: Joint ... #Symptoms #diagnosis ... #rheumatology
Approach to Joint Pain - Diagnostic Framework

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

1) Chronicity:
Pain - Diagnostic ... bacterial), acute rheumatic ... Like in this case ... #rheumatology # ... approach #workup #differential