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Feedback Loop: Growth Hormone (GH)
Growth Hormone:
 • Liver -> GHR activates JAK-STAT pathway -> Incr IGF1
IGFIR activates osteoblasts ... GrowthHormone #GH #FeedbackLoop
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) is an inflammatory autoimmune condition. While chiefly thought of as a joint
inflammation #joint #msk ... TNF #CRP #RANKL #ostoblast
Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis
Articular: Infectious, Degenerative, Inflammatory
Non-articular: Localized, General

#Joint #Pain #Differential #Diagnosis #MSK #algorithm
Differential #Diagnosis #MSK ... #algorithm
Approach to Low Back Pain - Differential Algorithm
- Non-MSK
- Axial / Musculoskeletal
- Radicular
- Systemic Disease (Do
- Differential Algorithm ... - Non-MSK - Axial ... #Differential #Algorithm
Chronic Shoulder Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
4 tests for the AC joint:
1. Direct palpation
2. Cross-arm shoulder
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #MSK
Differential Diagnosis of Pleuritic Chest Pain:

Categorized by causes: Cardiac, Pulmonary, MSK, Drug/Toxins, Heme/Onc, Renal, Autoimmune

#Diagnosis #Pleuritic
Cardiac, Pulmonary, MSK ... #Differential #Algorithm
Joint Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Monoarthritis
 • Septic
 • Crystalline
     - Gout
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Amy Chung, MD, MSc ... Joint #Disorders #msk ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Fracture Healing (and disruptors of this process)
Inflammatory Stage (0-7d)
 • Fracture disrupts local blood vessels ->
cartilaginous matrix by osteoblasts ... mos - yrs) • Osteoclast-osteoblast ... gentamycin - Toxic to osteoblasts ... #Orthopedics #msk
Congenital Heart Disorders - Classification and Differential Algorithm

- Amy Chung, MD, MSc @AmyChung 

#Congenital #Heart #Disorders
and Differential Algorithm ... Amy Chung, MD, MSc ... #Differential #Algorithm
An Algorithm for the Management of Seizures

The management of active seizures is algorithmic, starting with a
An Algorithm for ... active seizures is algorithmic ... and bag-valve mask ... detailed in the algorithm ... thame #Seizure #Algorithm