6 results
Joint Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Monoarthritis
 • Septic
 • Crystalline
     - Gout
Crystals - “Pseudogout ... “Bamboo Spine” Fusion ... within 1 month of infection ... Joint #Disorders #msk ... monoarticular #polyarticular
Arthrocentesis - Joint Fluid Analysis

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

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
Pain - Arthritis Differential ... induced (Gout/Pseudogout ... By: - Chronic Infection ... #Diagnosis #MSK ... Polyarthritis #Polyarticular
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
Inflammatory Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Monoarticular
 • Gout (Podagra, Tophi)
 • Pseudogout
 • Early
Podagra, Tophi) • Pseudogout ... Genitourinary Infection ... red Macules) POLYARTICULAR ... Inflammatory #JointPain #MSK ... #Differential #
Approach to Joint Pain - Diagnostic Framework

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

1) Chronicity:
with bacterial infection ... prosthetic joint infection ... Polyarticular (5 ... #Joint #Pain #MSK ... approach #workup #differential