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Joint Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Monoarthritis
 • Septic
 • Crystalline
     - Gout
Joint Disorders ... Monoarthritis • Septic ... Lumbar Spine and SI Joints ... Reiter’s syndrome) Aseptic ... @AmyChung #Joint
Chronic Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Intra-Articular
 - Bone
     • Stress
Chronic Joint Pain ... • Charcot Joint ... Chondromalacia - Joint ... Bursa • Aseptic ... • Charcot Joint
Clinical Features of Systemic Lupus (SLE)
General: Fever (50%), Depression, Fatigue (75%), Weight loss (50%)
Eye: Sjögrens (15%)
Skin
phenomenon (20%) Joints ... (90%): Aseptic ... Arthritis in small joints
Approach to Joint Pain - Diagnostic Framework

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

1) Chronicity:
Approach to Joint ... 3) Number of Joints ... Number of Joints ... ): • Septic joint ... • WBC >20k: Septic
Typical Clinical Presentations of Septic Arthritis by Pathogen and Joint Involvement

#Diagnosis #Septic #Arthritis #Differential #History #Presentation
Presentations of Septic ... by Pathogen and Joint ... #Diagnosis #Septic
Arthrocentesis - Joint Fluid Analysis

Effusion Characteristics (Color, Clarity, WCC, PMN, Crystals, Bacteria) by Disease Process: 
OA,
Arthrocentesis - Joint ... TB arthritis, Septic ... Arthrocentesis #Joint ... Aspiration #Pseudogout #Septic
Kocher Criteria to Determine Risk for Pediatric Septic Joint 

 - Non-weight bearing on affected side
for Pediatric Septic ... Joint - Non-weight ... Kocher #Criteria #Septic ... #Joint #Peds #Pediatrics
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA): Pathogenesis and Joint diseases features
 • RA affects 1% of population, women >
Pathogenesis and Joint ... poly-articular joint ... affecting the small joints ... Joint involvement ... space decr joint
Infectious Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Polyarticular Join Pain
 • Viral Myalgia
 • Viral Arthritis
Infectious Joint ... Polyarticular Join ... Fasciitis • Septic ... Onset • Septic
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
Arthritis: • Joint ... arthropathy • 90% joints ... , APLA, PAC • Aseptic