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Arthrocentesis - Joint Fluid Analysis

Effusion Characteristics (Color, Clarity, WCC, PMN, Crystals, Bacteria) by Disease Process: 
OA,
Arthrocentesis - Joint Fluid ... #Diagnosis #Differential ... Joint #Syonvial #Fluid ... Effusion #Analysis #Table ... #Aspiration #Pseudogout
Arthrocentesis of synovial fluid - Interpretation
 - Normal
 - Noninflammatory	
 - Inflammatory	
 - Septic

Viscosity of synovial
Arthrocentesis of synovial fluid ... Viscosity of synovial fluid ... 50,000 #Diagnosis #Differential ... Effusion #Analysis #Table ... #Aspiration #Pseudogout
Synovial Fluid Analysis:

Findings (COLOR	TRANSPARENCY	VISCOSITY	WBC COUNT (PER MM3)	PMN CELL COUNT (%)	GRAM STAIN	CULTURE	PCR TEST	CRYSTALS)

By Condition (Normal 
Noninflammatory 
Inflammatory:
Synovial Fluid Analysis ... Joint #Syonvial #Fluid ... Effusion #Analysis #Table ... #Aspiration #Pseudogout
Dysphagia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Symptom | Diagnosis
• Solid-food dysphagia present for months to years | Mechanical
Dysphagia - Differential ... regurgitation of fluids ... or neurologic disorders ... malignancy Risk for aspiration ... #Dysphagia #Differential
Personality Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
• Enduring pattern of experience and behaviour that deviates from cultural
Personality Disorders ... - Differential ... The pattern is stable ... #Personality #Disorders ... #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 ... rheumatologic disorders ... it difficult to differentiate ... Presentation #comparison #Table
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
Pain - Arthritis Differential ... 2000 in synovial fluid ... Mechanical/degenerative disorders ... induced (Gout/Pseudogout ... Lyme • Gout/Pseudogout
Diagnoses to Consider in Patients with Flank Pain and Costovertebral Angle Tenderness
Physicians should consider other disorders
Costovertebral Angle ... consider other disorders ... pyelonephritis (Table ... This disorder occurs ... Pyelonephritis #Differential
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
common cause: Aspiration ... decubitus - air fluid ... shows a small, stable ... Lung Abscess Differential ... Abscess #pulmonary #differential