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Approach to Joint Pain - Diagnostic Framework

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

1) Chronicity:
), RA, crystal disease ... #Joint #Pain #MSK ... #rheumatology # ... approach #workup ... #differential #
Acute Joint Pain - Vitamin CD Mnemonic
Vascular
Infectious
Trauma - Multiple injury sites, Open Fracture, Infectious joint pain
Autoimmune
Acute Joint Pain ... Trauma - Multiple injury ... Degenerative Disc Disease ... VitaminCD #Mnemonic #MSK ... #Orthopedics #differential
Approach to Joint Pain

History:
Is the pain from:
	• Joint
	• Adjacent bursa
	• Tendon
	• Ligament
	• Bone
	• Muscle
	• Referred from
Disease: • Pain ... Arthritis: • Acute ... #Pain #MSK #rheumatology ... #approach #workup ... #differential #
Causes of Knee Effusions - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Knee Effusion Red Flags:
1. Fever/Chills/Joint pain/Night sweats/Weight loss
	- DDX:
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Knee Effusions - Differential ... Fever/Chills/Joint ... bearing after injury ... Reactive Syndrome - Acute ... #diagnosis #msk
Rheumatology Workup - Laboratories Studies in Rheumatic Diseases

• Septic arthritis - Gram stain and culture of
Rheumatology Workup ... of the affected joint ... for Acute Polyarthritis ... • Sacroiliac joint ... Arthritis #laboratory #workup
Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Vascular Causes of Acute Liver Injury: 
 • Hepatic vein:
Acute Liver Injury ... - Differential ... extrahepatic source - Tests ... #hepatitis #differential ... diagnosis #algorithm #hepatology
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
Pain - Arthritis Differential ... the time course (acute ... #pain #Differential ... #Diagnosis #MSK ... #rheumatology #
Leg Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Bone/Joint Causes of Leg Pain:
 • Fracture
 • Arthritis
 • Gout/pseudogout
Leg Pain - Differential ... Legg-Calve-Perthes disease ... - HIV - Lyme disease ... Immobilization) • Acute ... lower #extremity #msk
Polycythemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Polycythemia itself isn’t a diagnosis. Like many things, it is a condition
Polycythemia - Differential ... Better call hematology ... As with many disease ... Best to have an ... #hematology
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
Lactic Acidosis - Differential ... presentations and disease ... liver or renal injury ... or diagnostic tests ... Join the resistance