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Arthrocentesis - Joint Fluid Analysis

Effusion Characteristics (Color, Clarity, WCC, PMN, Crystals, Bacteria) by Disease Process: 
OA,
arthritis SLE, , RF , Pseudogout ... birefringent crystals), Gout ... #Diagnosis #Differential ... Analysis #Table #Aspiration ... #Pseudogout #Septic
Inflammatory Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Monoarticular
 • Gout (Podagra, Tophi)
 • Pseudogout
 • Early
Inflammatory Joint Pain ... - Differential ... Podagra, Tophi) • Pseudogout ... Rheumatic Fever Acute ... Inflammatory #JointPain #MSK
Approach to Joint Pain - Diagnostic Framework

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

1) Chronicity:
Approach to Joint Pain ... Chronicity: • Acute ... or pseudogout, ... #Joint #Pain #MSK ... approach #workup #differential
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
- Arthritis Differential ... /Pseudogout) ... /Pseudogout Chronic ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #MSK #
Arthrocentesis of synovial fluid - Interpretation
 - Normal
 - Noninflammatory	
 - Inflammatory	
 - Septic

Viscosity of synovial
does not rule out ... 50,000 #Diagnosis #Differential ... Analysis #Table #Aspiration ... #Pseudogout #Septic
Acute Abdominal Pain - Location Based Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Rule out surgical abdomen: pt lying still, rigid/hard
Acute Abdominal ... Based Differential ... Algorithm Rule out ... #Acute #Abdominal ... #Differential #
Joint Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Monoarthritis
 • Septic
 • Crystalline
     - Gout
Joint Disorders - Differential ... Crystalline - Gout ... Crystals - “Pseudogout ... Joint #Disorders #msk ... #Differential #
Leg Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Bone/Joint Causes of Leg Pain:
 • Fracture
 • Arthritis
 • Gout/pseudogout
Leg Pain - Differential ... Arthritis • Gout ... /pseudogout • ... Immobilization) • Acute ... lower #extremity #msk
MTP Gout Effusion on POCUS
50s male with DM/HTN (no hx gout) and great toe pain-MTP joint.
and great toe pain-MTP ... X-rays= DJD, no acute ... Ankle block with ... In-plane aspiration ... MSU crystals=Gout
Unilateral Acute Vision Loss - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Painful - Cornea
 • Keratopathy
Painful - No Abnormalities of
Unilateral Acute ... Vision Loss - Differential ... Angle Closure Glaucoma ... Demyelination • MS ... #VisionLoss #Differential