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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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- Systemic disease ... Knee Effusions - Septic ... SLE - Behcet Disease ... fracture - Patellar dislocation ... differential #diagnosis #msk
Joint Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Monoarthritis
 • Septic
 • Crystalline
     - Gout
Monoarthritis • Septic ... Crystalline - Gout ... Inflammatory Bowel Disease ... Erythematosus (SLE), should ... Joint #Disorders #msk
Myasthenia Gravis - Summary
 • an autoimmune disease of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction associated with antibodies
an autoimmune disease ... antibodies - MuSK-positive ... treatment Of ocular ... diagnosis #management #neurology ... #treatment
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
Syndrome Systemic disease ... erythema nodosum (septal ... skin injury) • Neurologic ... pathognomonic laboratory ... Arthritis, AS Treatment
How to use C-reactive protein (CRP)- Review https://ep.bmj.com/content/early/2018/07/19/archdischild-2018-315079

 - An CRP alone cannot be used to
used to rule in/out ... Serial normal CRPs ... monthsof age and should ... guide intial treatment ... Pediatrics #Diagnosis #Laboratory
Hypernatremia - Differential Diagnosis and Treatment
Hypernatremia is almost always due to unreplaced water loss (free water
, Dehydration: neurologic ... disease, water ... Diuresis: HHS, post-obstructive ... of correction should ... #management #nephrology
Multiple Sclerosis - Summary

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune-mediated neurodegenerative disease of the central nervous system
neurodegenerative disease ... Laboratory findings ... Multiple Sclerosis Treatment ... objective evidence of neurologic ... #treatment #MS
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
NMO-IgG (anti-AQP4) should ... , MOG-IgG test should ... MCTD - Bechet disease ... Transverse Myelitis Treatment ... diagnosis #management #neurology
Rheumatology Workup - Laboratories Studies in Rheumatic Diseases

• Septic arthritis - Gram stain and culture of
Septic arthritis ... synovial fluid • Gout ... ANAs RF test should ... more time for the laboratory ... Rheumatoid #Arthritis #laboratory
Cauda Equina Syndrome Overview

Cauda Equina Syndrome:
 • Prevalence: 1:33,000-100,000 ppl/yr
 • Incidence: 1.5-3.4 million ppl/yr
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• trauma • post ... - decreased rectal ... around the anus Laboratory ... axial T1 and T2 Treatment ... diagnosis #causes #neurology