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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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Causes of Knee Effusions ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Hematologic - ... Knee Effusions: ... #msk #physicalexam
Bulge Sign to demonstrate a Knee Effusion on Physical Examination

Dr. Janet Pope @Janetbirdope

#Bulge #Sign #Knee #Effusion
demonstrate a Knee ... Effusion on Physical ... #Effusion #PhysicalExam ... clinical #video #msk ... #orthopedics #rheumatology
Radiocarpal Wrist Injection

Radiocarpal wrist injection. Often swelling is more prominent in inflammatory arthritis on radial side
Radiocarpal Wrist ... in inflammatory arthritis ... clinical #video #physicalexam ... #procedure #msk ... orthopedics #sports #rheumatology
The Bulge Sign in Knee Effusion

Highly specific sign for knee joint effusion. 
 - Stroke the
Effusion Highly ... joint effusion ... #video #physicalexam ... #msk #orthopedics ... #sports #rheumatology
Common Forms of Arthritis in the Hands

Acute Rheumatoid Arthritis 
Tender, painful, stiff joints in rheumatoid arthritis,
metacarpophalangeal, and wrist ... becomes limited, and fingers ... The fingers may ... #Types #Rheumatology ... #Forms #Diagnosis
CPPD vs Gout

== CPPD == 

Think About CPPD When:
 • Self-limited synovitis after surgery/trauma (> 65
joints (shoulders, wrists ... forefoot, ankles, knees ... , fingers, wrist ... Gout #Comparison #rheumatology ... #Diagnosis
Rheumatoid Arthritis Summary
Overview: chronic, inflammatory symmetric polyarthritis involving small joints of hands/feet, knees, shoulders
Signs & Symptoms:
Rheumatoid Arthritis ... of hands/feet, knees ... nodules, joint effusions ... #Rheumatoid #Arthritis ... #rheumatology
Eichhoff's Test in de Quervain's Tenosynovitis

1) Patient makes a fist with fingers wrapped around the thumb
2)
makes a fist with fingers ... clinical #video #physicalexam ... #sports #msk #orthopedics ... #rheumatology # ... wrist
Approach to Joint Pain

History:
Is the pain from:
	• Joint
	• Adjacent bursa
	• Tendon
	• Ligament
	• Bone
	• Muscle
	• Referred from
-60 minutes or longer ... #Joint #Pain #MSK ... #rheumatology # ... #differential #diagnosis ... #arthritis
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
Differential Diagnosis ... suggested by warmth, effusion ... - Autoimmune Rheumatologic ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #MSK #rheumatology