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Arthrocentesis - Joint Fluid Analysis

Effusion Characteristics (Color, Clarity, WCC, PMN, Crystals, Bacteria) by Disease Process: 
OA,
Arthrocentesis - Joint Fluid ... PMN, Crystals, Bacteria ... birefringent crystals), Gout ... Effusion #Analysis #Table ... #Septic #Infective
Arthrocentesis of synovial fluid - Interpretation
 - Normal
 - Noninflammatory	
 - Inflammatory	
 - Septic

Viscosity of synovial
does not rule out ... septic arthritis ... Effusion #Analysis #Table ... #Aspiration #Pseudogout ... #Septic #Infective
Septic Arthritis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Clinical Exam: hot, swollen, pain with passive AND active ROM
Diagnosis and Management ... osteoarthritis, gout ... , pseudogout, osteomyelitis ... arthrocentesis w/ fluid ... swollen, painful = bacterial
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
2000 in synovial fluid ... Crystal induced (Gout ... /Pseudogout) ... /Pseudogout Chronic ... Infection: •
Gout - Diagnosis and Management Summary

3 Conditions for Gout to Manifest:
1. Hyperuricemia
2. Monosodium urate deposition in
and Management ... frequent attacks • Arthritis ... tophi • Tophi on extensor ... fingers Synovial Fluid ... Diagnose concomitant infection