6 results
Joint Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Monoarthritis
 • Septic
 • Crystalline
     - Gout
Joint Disorders - Differential ... Crystals - “Pseudogout ... “Bamboo Spine” Fusion ... #Differential # ... #monoarticular
Arthrocentesis - Joint Fluid Analysis

Effusion Characteristics (Color, Clarity, WCC, PMN, Crystals, Bacteria) by Disease Process: 
OA,
Fluid Analysis Effusion ... SLE, , RF , Pseudogout ... #Diagnosis #Differential ... Analysis #Table #Aspiration ... #Pseudogout #Septic
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
Differential Diagnosis ... induced (Gout/Pseudogout ... Lyme • Gout/Pseudogout ... #Diagnosis #MSK ... #rheumatology #Monoarticular
Inflammatory Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Monoarticular
 • Gout (Podagra, Tophi)
 • Pseudogout
 • Early
Inflammatory Joint Pain - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm Monoarticular ... Podagra, Tophi) • Pseudogout ... Inflammatory #JointPain #MSK ... #Differential #
Arthrocentesis of synovial fluid - Interpretation
 - Normal
 - Noninflammatory	
 - Inflammatory	
 - Septic

Viscosity of synovial
50,000 #Diagnosis #Differential ... Syonvial #Fluid #Effusion ... Analysis #Table #Aspiration ... #Pseudogout #Septic ... #Infective #Arthritis
Approach to Joint Pain - Diagnostic Framework

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

1) Chronicity:
Joints Involved: Monoarticular ... Lyme), reactive arthritis ... , gout or pseudogout ... #Joint #Pain #MSK ... approach #workup #differential