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Rheumatoid arthritis (RA): Pathogenesis and Joint diseases features
 • RA affects 1% of population, women >
Pathogenesis and Joint ... Joint involvement ... subchondral bone & synovial ... accumulation in synovial ... notable on Xray) • Synovial
Distinguishing between Inflammatory and Degenerative joint disease
Inflammatory Joint Disease
 • Swelling stimulates joint nociceptors -> Pain
and Degenerative joint ... Inflammatory Joint ... accumulation in the synovial ... triggers a mild synovial ... fluid into the synovial
Arthrocentesis of synovial fluid - Interpretation
 - Normal
 - Noninflammatory	
 - Inflammatory	
 - Septic

Viscosity of synovial
Arthrocentesis of synovial ... Viscosity of synovial ... unlikely with synovial ... Arthrocentesis #Joint ... #Syonvial #Fluid
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) is an inflammatory autoimmune condition. While chiefly thought of as a joint
thought of as a joint ... the MCP & PIP joints ... affects the DIP joints ... intriguing was the role synovial ... unique subtypes of synovial
Synovial Fluid Analysis:

Findings (COLOR	TRANSPARENCY	VISCOSITY	WBC COUNT (PER MM3)	PMN CELL COUNT (%)	GRAM STAIN	CULTURE	PCR TEST	CRYSTALS)

By Condition (Normal 
Noninflammatory 
Inflammatory:
Synovial Fluid Analysis ... Arthrocentesis #Joint ... #Syonvial #Fluid
Septic arthritis of the elbow on Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS)

66M w painful, swollen R elbow
of the elbow on Point ... Note the marked synovial ... thickening and joint ... Synovial fluid WBC ... arthritis #elbow #Joint
Knee Effusions - Arthrocentesis Interpretation

Inflammatory arthritis:
 • Color: Yellow-> Green
 • Clarity: Opaque
 • Viscosity: Low
amplification of blood/synovial ... fluid • TB: Synovial ... and culture or synovial ... diagnosis #septic #joint
Joint Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Monoarthritis
 • Septic
 • Crystalline
     - Gout
Joint Disorders ... Lumbar Spine and SI Joints ... Inflammation of Synovium ... @AmyChung #Joint
Chronic Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Intra-Articular
 - Bone
     • Stress
Chronic Joint Pain ... • Charcot Joint ... Chondromalacia - Joint ... Capsulitis - Synovium ... • Charcot Joint
Disseminated Gonococcal Infection - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Bacteremic spread of the Gram-negative diplococci Neisseria gonorrhoeae. History
preferred test • Synovial ... an accessible joint ... oligoarthritis • Distal joints