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Approach to Joint Pain - Diagnostic Framework

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

1) Chronicity:
Pain - Diagnostic ... ): • Septic joint ... #rheumatology # ... approach #workup ... #differential #
Infectious Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Polyarticular Join Pain
 • Viral Myalgia
 • Viral Arthritis
Infectious Joint ... Pain - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Polyarticular Join ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Cavitary Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm
Acute / Subacute:
 • Acute Infections: Lung abscess,
Lung Disease - Differential ... Diagnosis and Workup ... Necrotizing Pneumonia, Septic ... Lung #Disease #Diagnosis ... lesion #pulmonary #differential
Typical Clinical Presentations of Septic Arthritis by Pathogen and Joint Involvement

#Diagnosis #Septic #Arthritis #Differential #History #Presentation
by Pathogen and Joint ... Involvement #Diagnosis ... #Septic #Arthritis ... #Differential # ... Pathogen #Bacteria #Table
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Differential diagnosis for pyogenic liver abscess:
Infectious etiologies predominate. Most are pyogenic (bacterial). Amebic (Entamoeba histolytica) and
Differential diagnosis ... liver abscess: Infectious ... Infectious Bacterial ... #hepatology #Differential ... #diagnosis
Causes of Granulomatous Liver Diseases - Differential Diagnosis
Infections (Bacterial, Viral, Fungal, Parasitic)
Malignancy
Autoimmune
Drugs/Toxins
Others

#Granulomatous #Liver #hepatic #granulomas #Differential
Liver Diseases - Differential ... Diagnosis Infections ... Granulomatous #Liver #hepatic ... #granulomas #Differential ... #Diagnosis #hepatology
Altered Mental Status - Differential Diagnosis
 • Neurologic: Stroke, Cerebral hypoxia, Cerebral hemorrhage, Seizure, Trauma, TBI,
Mental Status - Differential ... Diagnosis • Neurologic ... disturbance, Uremia, Hepatic ... Delirium - VA Joint ... #Diagnosis #Causes
Arthrocentesis of synovial fluid - Interpretation
 - Normal
 - Noninflammatory	
 - Inflammatory	
 - Septic

Viscosity of synovial
inflammatory or infectious ... ; however, the diagnosis ... #Differential # ... Arthrocentesis #Joint ... Effusion #Analysis #Table
Workup for Hyperphosphatemia - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Rule out spurious hyperphosphatemia: paraproteinemia, hyperlipidemia, hemolysis, hyperbilirubinemia, liposomal amphotericin
Workup for Hyperphosphatemia ... - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... amphotericin B, t-PA, heparin ... Transcellular Shift
Arthrocentesis - Joint Fluid Analysis

Effusion Characteristics (Color, Clarity, WCC, PMN, Crystals, Bacteria) by Disease Process: 
OA,
Arthrocentesis - Joint ... arthritis #Diagnosis ... #Differential # ... Arthrocentesis #Joint ... Effusion #Analysis #Table