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Causes of Knee Effusions - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Knee Effusion Red Flags:
1. Fever/Chills/Joint pain/Night sweats/Weight loss
	- DDX:
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Causes of Knee Effusions ... Fever/Chills/Joint pain ... Effusions - Septic ... fracture - Patellar dislocation ... differential #diagnosis #msk
Anterior Shoulder Dislocation Pre and Post-Reduction on Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS)

Using #POCUS to identify an
Anterior Shoulder ... Dislocation Pre ... and Post-Reduction ... injection for pain ... #Cinical #MSK
Infectious Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Polyarticular Join Pain
 • Viral Myalgia
 • Viral Arthritis
Infectious Joint Pain ... Polyarticular Join Pain ... Infectious #JointPain #MSK ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Orthopedics ... #Causes
Bone Deformity / Limp - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Infection
 • Septic Arthritis
 • Cortical Hypertrophy
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Infection • Septic ... Legg-Calve-Perthes Disease Knee ... Tendon Rupture, Dislocation ... Deformity #Limp #MSK ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Orthopedics
Reduction of Patellar Dislocation 
Most patellar dislocations are lateral, and they often reduce on their own.
knee⁣⁣ • usually pain ... the patient a knee ... crutches - they should ... #Procedure #MSK ... #Knee #Clinical
Inflammatory Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Monoarticular
 • Gout (Podagra, Tophi)
 • Pseudogout
 • Early
Inflammatory Joint Pain ... -4 joints) • Gout ... Inflammatory #JointPain #MSK ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Orthopedics ... #Causes
Vascular Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
 - Constant Pain (Ischemia)
 - Acute Onset
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Thrombosis • Septic ... Trauma to Vessel (dislocation ... Vascular #JointPain #MSK ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Orthopedics ... #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, shoulder ... Osteomyelitis / Septic ... Arthritis: •
Patellar dislocation 
Patella dislocation refers to when the kneecap is completely displaced out of its normal
completely displaced out ... patella is primarily caused ... direct blow) to the knee ... PhysicalExam #Sports #Orthopedics ... #Knee #msk
Leg Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Bone/Joint Causes of Leg Pain:
 • Fracture
 • Arthritis
 • Gout/pseudogout
• Fracture • Arthritis ... • Gout/pseudogout ... syndrome • Arthritis ... Poikilothermia • Septic ... lower #extremity #msk