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Approach to Joint Pain - Diagnostic Framework

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

1) Chronicity:
Pain - Diagnostic ... neuropathy so trauma ... get bacterial seeding ... #Joint #Pain #MSK ... #rheumatology #
Rheumatoid Arthritis Summary
Overview: chronic, inflammatory symmetric polyarthritis involving small joints of hands/feet, knees, shoulders
Signs & Symptoms:
pain / swelling ... effusions, reduced ... narrowing) • Ultrasound ... exam and imaging Treatment ... #rheumatology
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
suggested by warmth, effusion ... Noninflammatory • Trauma ... - Autoimmune Rheumatologic ... #Diagnosis #MSK ... #rheumatology #
MTP Gout Effusion on POCUS
50s male with DM/HTN (no hx gout) and great toe pain-MTP joint.
and great toe pain-MTP ... No trauma. ... without using ultrasound ... Clinical #POCUS #ultrasound ... #MSK #Toe
Orthopedic Emergencies
Compartment Syndrome
 • An increase in compartment pressure to the point where tissue perfusion is
pressure to the point ... where tissue perfusion ... H/O antecedent trauma ... - Intense pain ... #treatment
Gout - Diagnosis and Management Summary

3 Conditions for Gout to Manifest:
1. Hyperuricemia
2. Monosodium urate deposition in
Diagnosis and Management ... deposition in joints ... attacks • Other joints ... not possible • Ultrasound ... #treatment #rheumatology
Compartment Syndrome Pearls
A vicious cycle of increased pressure within a facial compartment leading to compression of
facial compartment leading ... Tissue pressure >> perfusion ... light touch + 2 point ... onset of ischemia Treatment ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management
Pseudogout Summary - Calcium Pyrophosphate Deposition Disease (CPPD)

Pathophysiology:
Pyrophosphate produced by chondrocytes likely precipitates with calcium to
after surgery/trauma ... onset of swelling, pain ... Acute Pseudogout: Treatment ... Deposition #Disease #Rheumatology ... #diagnosis #management
Extensor Carpi Ulnaris (ECU) subluxation 
The Extensor Carpi Ulnaris (ECU), is the must ulnar of the
whether through trauma ... with a searing pain ... tendon, MRI or ultrasound ... What is the Treatment ... Orthopedics #Wrist #msk