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Causes of Severe Aortic Regurgitation - Differential Diagnosis
Acute:
 • Leaflet: Traumatic Rupture, Acute Infective Endocarditis, Acute
Leaflet: Traumatic Rupture ... Endocarditis, Rheumatic ... Inflammatory: Lupus, Rheumatoid ... , Crohn Disease ... , IgG4 Disease,
Inflammatory Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Monoarticular
 • Gout (Podagra, Tophi)
 • Pseudogout
 • Early
Disease • Reactive ... Arthritis • Systemic ... polyangiitis (GPA)/microscopic ... Asymmetric (Psoriatic Arthritis ... • Psoriatic Arthritis
Antinuclear Antibodies (ANA)
ANA or Anti-NucIear Antibody refers to antibodies against antigens in the nucleus → like
Using fluorescence microscopy ... Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis ... • Rheumatic Diseases ... Arthritis, Sjögren ... Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
Rheumatology Workup - Laboratories Studies in Rheumatic Diseases

• Septic arthritis - Gram stain and culture of
Rheumatology Workup ... stain and culture ... polarized light microscopy ... #Disease #Rheumatoid ... #workup #diagnosis
Septic Arthritis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Clinical Exam: hot, swollen, pain with passive AND active ROM
Septic Arthritis ... necrosis, Lyme disease ... Workup: arthrocentesis ... w/ fluid culture ... treatment until cultures
Approach to Joint Pain

History:
Is the pain from:
	• Joint
	• Adjacent bursa
	• Tendon
	• Ligament
	• Bone
	• Muscle
	• Referred from
Symptoms of Joint Disease ... categories of joint disease ... in persons with rheumatoid ... necrosis, and Paget disease ... rheumatology #approach #workup
Pulmonary Renal Syndrome

Definition: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + Glomerulonephritis
Presentation (Pulmonary and renal manifestations can occur weeks apart):
polyangiitis, Microscopic ... vasculitis, Behcet disease ... erythematosus, Rheumatoid ... arthritis, Systemic ... Goodpasture's Disease
Blood Culture-Negative Infective Endocarditis (BCNIE)
Definition: No etiology found after 3 separate blood cultures remain negative for
Blood Culture-Negative ... microbiological techniques Work-up ... antinuclear antibodies, rheumatoid ... exists Infectious Diseases ... #differential #workup
Approach to Joint Pain - Diagnostic Framework

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

1) Chronicity:
bacterial), acute rheumatic ... ), RA, crystal disease ... for cell count, culture ... Inflammatory, crystalline disease ... rheumatology #approach #workup
Tuberculosis Testing

LATENT TB
• LTBI is diagnosed when an asymptomatic patient has a positive TST or IGRA
intermediate risk of disease ... TB AFB smear microscopy ... Mycobacterial culture ... Mycobacterial culture ... Testing #Diagnosis #Workup