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The Knee is a pretty common injury in Sports....So lets use the word 'SPORT' to our advantage on the Step2CS - a pretty good mnemonic for D/Ds for Knee Pain on the CS exam!
S - Septic arthritis
P - Pseudo-gout + Psoriatic arthritis
O - Osteoarthritis
R - Rheumatoid arthritis, Reactive arthritis (Rieters syndrome)
T - Tophi (Gout), Trauma (Fall, Elderly Abuse and SPORTs!)
S - Sac Inflammation (Bursitis)
Each of these D/Ds should help you ask specific data-collection questions:
For e.g. :
Septic Arthritis : - Ask about fever, and a warm joint feeling
Rheumatoid Arthritis - Ask about morning stiffness and other small joints...and so on.
S - Septic arthritis
P - Pseudo-gout + Psoriatic arthritis
O - Osteoarthritis
R - Rheumatoid arthritis, Reactive arthritis (Rieters syndrome)
T - Tophi (Gout), Trauma (Fall, Elderly Abuse and SPORTs!)
S - Sac Inflammation (Bursitis)
Each of these D/Ds should help you ask specific data-collection questions:
For e.g. :
Septic Arthritis : - Ask about fever, and a warm joint feeling
Rheumatoid Arthritis - Ask about morning stiffness and other small joints...and so on.
