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Joint Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Monoarthritis
 • Septic
 • Crystalline
     - Gout
Joint Disorders ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Crystals - “Pseudogout ... #msk #Differential ... monoarthritis #monoarticular
Inflammatory Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Monoarticular
 • Gout (Podagra, Tophi)
 • Pseudogout
 • Early
Inflammatory Joint Pain ... - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm Monoarticular ... Podagra, Tophi) • Pseudogout ... MPA) Insidious Monoarticular
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
- Arthritis Differential ... Mechanical/degenerative disorders ... induced (Gout/Pseudogout ... #Differential # ... #rheumatology #Monoarticular
Approach to Joint Pain - Diagnostic Framework

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

1) Chronicity:
Approach to Joint Pain ... Joints Involved: Monoarticular ... arthritis, gout or pseudogout ... #Joint #Pain #MSK ... approach #workup #differential
Selected Differential Diagnosis of Eye Pain: Key Features and Management Options

Conjunctiva

 - Bacterial conjunctivitis

 - Viral
Selected Differential ... Diagnosis of Eye Pain ... Key Features and Management ... #Eye #Ocular #Pain ... #Differential
Features That Differentiate Acute Pericarditis from Myocardial Ischemia or Infarction and Pulmonary Embolism

In contrast to the
Features That Differentiate ... coughing, and with inspiration ... The pain usually ... rheumatologic disorders ... it difficult to differentiate
Dysphagia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Symptom | Diagnosis
• Solid-food dysphagia present for months to years | Mechanical
Dysphagia - Differential ... or neurologic disorders ... malignancy Risk for aspiration ... #Dysphagia #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Management
Photophobia and Headache - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Why?
• The coexistence of photophobia and headache suggests the potential
and Headache - Differential ... without headache • Disorder ... : - Acute angle-closure ... Ocular inflammatory disorder ... Photophobia #Headache #differential
Differential Diagnosis of Acute Arthritis

Crystal-induced arthritis: Calcium oxalate, gout, cholesterol, pseudogout, hydroxyapatite crystals

Infectious arthritis: Bacteria, fungi,
Differential Diagnosis ... , cholesterol, pseudogout ... necrosis, clotting disorders ... #Diagnosis #Differential ... Acute #Arthritis #Monoarticular
Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
Acid Base Disorders ... Differentials? ... Hyperventilation (Anxiety, pain ... (foreign body, aspiration ... #AcidBase #disorders