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Leg Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Bone/Joint Causes of Leg Pain:
 • Fracture
 • Arthritis
 • Gout/pseudogout
Diagnosis Framework ... epiphysis • Bursitis ... /swelling - Fever ... #lower #extremity ... #msk #physicalexam
Serious Bacterial Illness (SBI):
1) UTI and pyelonephritis
Most common cause of SBI
Accounts for 3-8% of uncharacterized fevers
Female
pyelonephritis Most common cause ... uncharacterized fevers ... Consider BCx, CSF evaluation ... #Peds #EM #Classification ... #Ddxof
Septic Arthritis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Clinical Exam: hot, swollen, pain with passive AND active ROM
- Diagnosis and ... hot, swollen, pain ... active ROM +/- fever ... Ddx: cellulitis, bursitis ... crystal evaluation
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
evaluations that ... Red Flags: • Fever ... • Lower quadrant ... Lymphoma/Leukemia Lower ... poisoning • Celiac
Approach to Joint Pain - Diagnostic Framework

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

1) Chronicity:
Approach to Joint Pain ... - Diagnostic Framework ... acute rheumatic fever ... Like in this case ... #Joint #Pain #MSK
Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) Diagnosis and Management Summary

WHAT?
 • Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) is a common systemic inflammatory
disease of unknown cause ... in synovitis, bursitis ... proximal muscle pain ... for giant cell arteritis ... progressively lower