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Acromioclavicular (AC) Joint Septic Arthritis on POCUS

IVDU with severe left shoulder pain.  Can fully range
on POCUS IVDU ... with severe left shoulder ... Scan over AC joint ... AC joint septic ... AC joint septic
Chronic Shoulder Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
4 tests for the AC joint:
1. Direct palpation
2. Cross-arm shoulder
Chronic Shoulder ... Pain - Differential ... tests for the AC ... joint: 1. ... #Pain #Differential
Rheumatoid Arthritis Summary
Overview: chronic, inflammatory symmetric polyarthritis involving small joints of hands/feet, knees, shoulders
Signs & Symptoms:
involving small joints ... hands/feet, knees, shoulders ... • synovitis; joint ... effusions, reduced ... Arthritis #diagnosis #management
Joint Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Monoarthritis
 • Septic
 • Crystalline
     - Gout
Joint Disorders ... - Differential Diagnosis ... “Bamboo Spine” Fusion ... Erythematosus (SLE), should ... Disorders #msk #Differential
Arthrocentesis of synovial fluid - Interpretation
 - Normal
 - Noninflammatory	
 - Inflammatory	
 - Septic

Viscosity of synovial
with synovial WBC ... 50,000 #Diagnosis #Differential ... Arthrocentesis #Joint ... Syonvial #Fluid #Effusion
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
Pain - Arthritis Differential ... suggested by warmth, effusion ... , erythema and WBC ... axial (spine, shoulders ... #pain #Differential
Septic arthritis of the elbow on Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS)

66M w painful, swollen R elbow
Care Ultrasound (POCUS ... thickening and joint ... effusion seen between ... Synovial fluid WBC ... #Clinical #POCUS
Disseminated Gonococcal Infection - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Bacteremic spread of the Gram-negative diplococci Neisseria gonorrhoeae. History
Diagnosis and Management ... blood cultures should ... an accessible joint ... effusion • Laboratory ... oligoarthritis • Distal joints
Pulmonary Pathology and Associated Lung Ultrasound Findings
Pneumothorax:
 - No lung sliding/barcode sign
 - Lung point (hard
sign - Lung point ... Possible bilateral effusion ... submassive PE) POCUS ... #pulmonary #differential ... #signs #Lung #POCUS
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
Diagnosis and Management ... Arterial blood gas (ABC ... Should be performed ... SpO2 > 88% • Management ... syndrome #diagnosis #management