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Approach to Joint Pain - Diagnostic Framework

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

1) Chronicity:
about bacterial infections ... acute rheumatic fever ... about indolent infections ... with bacterial infection ... infection.
Chronic Diarrhea Differential Diagnosis
 • Inflammatory, Infectious: Recurrent C. diff, Giardiasis
 • Inflammatory, Non-infectious: IBD, Ischemia,
Differential Diagnosis ... Inflammatory, Infectious ... Inflammatory, Non-infectious ... overgrowth, Celiac disease ... Diagnosis #causes
Causes of Anemia by Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Low Mean Corpuscular Volume (<80
Causes of Anemia ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... , Chronic Infection ... #Anemia #MCV #Classification ... #Causes #Hematology
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
Pseudogout) • Infectious ... weeks) Can Be Caused ... Infection • ... Viral Infections ... Rubella Bacterial Infection
Acute and Chronic Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis
Pulmonary/Chest Wall:
 • Acute: Trauma, COPD exacerbation, Asthma
Diagnosis Pulmonary ... , Anaphylaxis, Infection ... poisoning, DKA, Fever ... Joint Chiefs @BostonChiefs ... #Causes #Differential
Clinical Classification of Pulmonary Hypertension

1. Pulmonary arterial hypertension from pulmonary vasculopathy
Idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension
Heritable gene mutations
Clinical Classification ... - HIV infection ... Hypertension #PHTN #Classification ... #Diagnosis #Differential ... #Causes
Skin Conditions Associated with Joint Pain

Rash
	• Human parvovirus B19 infection

Malar rash
	• SLE
	• Human parvovirus B19 infection
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parvovirus B19 infection ... parvovirus B19 infection ... • Rheumatic fever ... #skin #rashes #differential ... #diagnosis #rheumatology
Ear Pain (Otalgia) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Primary Otalgia 
 - Pain that originates from the ear
associated with infection ... Cerumen impaction Infectious ... by bacterial infections ... (90%), Fungal infections ... • Tumor • Infection
Causes of Pleural Effusion - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Transudate - Hydrostatic
 • Congestive heart failure
 • Constrictive
Causes of Pleural ... Effusion - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Superior vena cava ... Urinothorax Exudate - Infectious
Extra-articular and Other Conditions Associated with Joint Pain

Eyes
  • Iritis or uveitis - Spondyloarthropathies, Sarcoidosis,
Bacterial or viral infection ... Pulmonary ... Cardiomyopathies - Viral infection ... #pain #differential ... #diagnosis #rheumatology