Calculators / Clinical Criteria, to help determine the etiology of pain.

When I was a Rheumatology fellow, I was lucky to have two different chiefs of Rheumatology. One of the chiefs believed strongly in evidence based medicine and the other emphasized experience based medicine. I try to combine the teachings of both of these grandmasters of Rheumatology.

If you are a patient and think you may have an inflammatory arthritis, or even a physician evaluating the patients, there are clinical criteria for many conditions that could be used to help determine the diagnosis, and help determine the etiology of pain.

However, please keep in mind. These criteria are evidence-based, and sometimes you do need a touch of experience based medicine to apply these criteria to an individual.

Below are online calculators, that are based on evidence based medicine and clinical criteria to assist and help determine if a patient indeed has the condition.

Try clicking on the disease link to use the Clinical Calculator for rheumatic diseases

Gout

https://goutclassificationcalculator.auckland.ac.nz/

Rheumatoid Arthritis

https://www.mdcalc.com/calc/10092/acr-eular-2010-rheumatoid-arthritis-classification-criteria

Psoriatic Arthritis

https://www.mdcalc.com/calc/10039/caspar-criteria-psoriatic-arthritis

Fibromyalgia

https://www.pediatriconcall.com/calculators/fibromyalgia-diagnostic-calculator

Scleroderma

https://rheuminfo.com/physician-tools/systemic-sclerosis-criteria-calculator/

Systemic Lupus Erythematosus