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Approach to Joint Pain - Diagnostic Framework

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

1) Chronicity:
Chronicity: • Acute ... • Acute = Viral ... #rheumatology # ... approach #workup ... #differential #
Eosinophil Disorders Testing Algorithm
INDICATIONS FOR TESTING:
 • Peripheral blood eosinophilia/hypereosinophilia uncovered incidentally during medical evaluation or
Eosinophil Disorders ... during medical evaluation ... or workup for specific ... #Algorithm #Differential ... #diagnosis #hematology
Causes of Thrombocytopenia and Platelet Disorders - Differential Diagnosis and Workup
History:
 - Prior platelet count, family
- Differential ... Diagnosis and Workup ... - Bone marrow evaluation ... #Differential # ... #hematology
Approach to Acid Base Disorders - Evaluation and Differential Diagnosis
1) Start with the Anion Gap (AG).
2)
- Evaluation and ... Differential Diagnosis ... the chronicity (acute ... , chronic, or acute ... #Evaluation #workup
Approach to Joint Pain

History:
Is the pain from:
	• Joint
	• Adjacent bursa
	• Tendon
	• Ligament
	• Bone
	• Muscle
	• Referred from
Approach to Joint ... Arthritis: • Acute ... #Pain #MSK #rheumatology ... #approach #workup ... #differential #
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
Pain - Arthritis Differential ... Mechanical/degenerative disorders ... - Autoimmune Rheumatologic ... #pain #Differential ... Diagnosis #MSK #rheumatology
Bleeding and Bruising - Disorders of Hemostasis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

== Quantitative or Qualitative defect in
of Hemostasis - Differential ... administration, evaluation ... • Warfarin • Acute ... The appropriate evaluations ... Liver disease • Acute
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
Hypertension - Workup ... and Differential ... Approach (when evaluation ... Neurologic disorders ... #Hypertension #Workup
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia - Summary

Cancer affecting lymphocytes/Mature B cell neoplasm
 • Lymphocytes accumulate in large numbers
lymphoproliferative disorders ... ’s lymphoma or acute ... Leukemia #diagnosis #workup ... #oncology #hematology
Rheumatology Workup - Laboratories Studies in Rheumatic Diseases

• Septic arthritis - Gram stain and culture of
Rheumatology Workup ... Screening Tests for Acute ... metabolic or endocrine disorders ... Arthritis #laboratory #workup ... diagnosis #testing #Rheumatology