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Acute Joint Pain - Vitamin CD Mnemonic
Vascular
Infectious
Trauma - Multiple injury sites, Open Fracture, Infectious joint pain
Autoimmune
Acute Joint Pain ... Vascular Infectious Trauma ... Osteoporosis #Acute ... Mnemonic #MSK #Orthopedics ... #differential #
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 ... #Joint #Pain #MSK ... rheumatology #approach #workup ... #differential #
Vascular Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
 - Constant Pain (Ischemia)
 - Acute Onset
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Vascular Joint Pain ... - Differential ... (Ischemia) - Acute ... Disruption • Trauma ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Orthopedics
Inflammatory Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Monoarticular
 • Gout (Podagra, Tophi)
 • Pseudogout
 • Early
Pain - Differential ... Pseudogout • Early ... Rheumatic Fever Acute ... JointPain #MSK #Differential ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Orthopedics
Approach to Joint Pain

History:
Is the pain from:
	• Joint
	• Adjacent bursa
	• Tendon
	• Ligament
	• Bone
	• Muscle
	• Referred from
the afternoon or early ... Arthritis: • Acute ... trauma (e.g., meniscal ... #approach #workup ... #differential #
STEMI Equivalents on ECG
 • Conventional STEMI - Elevation of ST segment at (or 40-60 ms
STEMI Equivalents ... Wellens sign B - Deeply ... deviation) • Acute ... EKG #diagnosis #differential ... #cardiology #electrocardiogram
Approach to ECGs - Ischemia
MI = Biomarkers + ECG or echo/angiogram findings
Pathologic Q - 1/3 height
infarct STEMI - J point ... women • DDx: Acute ... -4 can have no pain ... electrocardiogram #cardiology ... Interpretation #differential
13 Dangerous Causes of Headache:
 - subarachnoid hemorrhage: family history, PCKD, known berry aneurysm, sudden and
at home or at work ... ) - acute angle ... thrombophilia, neurologic ... Fatal #Dangerous #Deadly ... #Differential
Orthopedic Emergencies
Compartment Syndrome
 • An increase in compartment pressure to the point where tissue perfusion is
Orthopedic Emergencies ... pressure to the point ... days after an acute ... H/O antecedent trauma ... - Intense pain