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Acromioclavicular (AC) Joint Septic Arthritis on POCUS

IVDU with severe left shoulder pain.  Can fully range
WBC/CRP/ESR elevated ... Arthrocentesis-64K WBC ... #Effusion #POCUS ... #clinical #ultrasound ... #MSK
Septic arthritis of the elbow on Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS)

66M w painful, swollen R elbow
Septic arthritis ... (POCUS) 66M ... effusion seen between ... Synovial fluid WBC ... #Clinical #POCUS
Pulmonary Pathology and Associated Lung Ultrasound Findings
Pneumothorax:
 - No lung sliding/barcode sign
 - Lung point (hard
Ultrasound Findings ... - Lung point ... atelectasis has static ... Respiratory Distress Syndrome ... #Lung #POCUS #ultrasound
Plankton Sign in Pleural Effusion on Lung POCUS
Typically highly suggestive of hemothorax
In this patient:
  PH
Plankton Sign in ... Pleural Effusion ... on Lung POCUS ... Exudate 5000 WBC ... #hemothorax #ultrasound
Clinical Features of Systemic Lupus (SLE)
General: Fever (50%), Depression, Fatigue (75%), Weight loss (50%)
Eye: Sjögrens (15%)
Skin
50%): Pleurisy / effusion ... , Restrictive lung ... Demyelinating syndromes ... erythematosus #signs ... symptoms #diagnosis #rheumatology
MTP Gout Effusion on POCUS
50s male with DM/HTN (no hx gout) and great toe pain-MTP joint.
without using ultrasound ... POCUS revealed joint ... MTP joint. ... WBC-48K. ... #ultrasound #MSK
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
, erythema and WBC ... noninflammatory Signs ... with few WBCs ( ... Differential #Diagnosis #MSK ... #rheumatology #
Systemic Sclerosis (Scleroderma)
Multi-system autoimmune disease characterized by vasculopathy and progressive fibrosis of skin and internal organs
3
: PBC (primary biliary ... (interstitial lung ... Musculoskeletal: joint ... Scleroderma #SSc #rheumatology ... #diagnosis #signs
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
Non-autoimmune rheumatologic ... : • Pleural effusions ... : • Joint pain ... arthropathy • 90% joints ... titers > 1:80 • CBC
Gout - Diagnosis and Management Summary

3 Conditions for Gout to Manifest:
1. Hyperuricemia
2. Monosodium urate deposition in
deposition in joints ... sex • Metabolic syndrome ... Fluid Testing: • WBCs ... not possible • Ultrasound ... management #treatment #rheumatology