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Septic Arthritis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Clinical Exam: hot, swollen, pain with passive AND active ROM
arthritis Workup: arthrocentesis ... w/ fluid culture ... arthritis diagnosis Treatment ... patient admitted for treatment
Body Fluid Aspiration and Interpretation
 - Arthrocentesis
 - Paracentesis
 - Thoracentesis
 - Lumbar Puncture

Dr. Sarah Foohey
Body Fluid Aspiration ... Interpretation - Arthrocentesis ... SarahFoohey #Body #Fluid
Gout - Diagnosis and Management Summary

3 Conditions for Gout to Manifest:
1. Hyperuricemia
2. Monosodium urate deposition in
fingers Synovial Fluid ... Uncertain diagnosis or arthrocentesis ... cortical bone Treatment ... • Acute gout treatment ... diagnosis #management #treatment
Arthrocentesis - Joint Fluid Analysis

Effusion Characteristics (Color, Clarity, WCC, PMN, Crystals, Bacteria) by Disease Process: 
OA,
Arthrocentesis - ... Joint Fluid Analysis ... #Differential #Arthrocentesis ... Joint #Syonvial #Fluid
Arthrocentesis - Synovial Fluid Analysis
Normal < 150 WBC, Colorless/Straw color, High Viscosity
Noninflammatory < 3,000 WBC, Straw/yellow
Arthrocentesis - ... Synovial Fluid ... Medicine @ucsdim #Arthrocentesis ... #Synovial #Fluid
Arthrocentesis of synovial fluid - Interpretation
 - Normal
 - Noninflammatory	
 - Inflammatory	
 - Septic

Viscosity of synovial
Arthrocentesis of ... synovial fluid ... Viscosity of synovial fluid ... #Differential #Arthrocentesis ... Joint #Syonvial #Fluid
Fluid Analysis 
A systematic approach to analysis of the fluid in conjunction with the clinical presentation
Fluid Analysis ... analysis of the fluid ... #paracentesis #arthrocentesis
Hyponatremia Treatment Algorithm

CHF, Cirrhosis - Fluid restriction
SIADH - Fluid restriction
 - Consider salt tablets if etiology
Hyponatremia Treatment ... CHF, Cirrhosis - Fluid ... restriction SIADH - Fluid ... Reset Osmostat - Treatment ... #Hyponatremia #Treatment
Synovial Fluid Analysis:

Findings (COLOR	TRANSPARENCY	VISCOSITY	WBC COUNT (PER MM3)	PMN CELL COUNT (%)	GRAM STAIN	CULTURE	PCR TEST	CRYSTALS)

By Condition (Normal 
Noninflammatory 
Inflammatory:
Synovial Fluid Analysis ... #Diagnosis #Arthrocentesis ... Joint #Syonvial #Fluid
Knee Effusions - Arthrocentesis Interpretation

Inflammatory arthritis:
 • Color: Yellow-> Green
 • Clarity: Opaque
 • Viscosity: Low
Knee Effusions - Arthrocentesis ... blood/synovial fluid ... Knee #Effusions #Arthrocentesis ... septic #joint #fluid