Data complete?
Evaluation appropriate?
Does the patient meet the selection criteria for idiopathic osteoarthritis?
Number of synovial fluid findings seen in osteoarthritis
Clinical group
Does the patient have idiopathic osteoarthritis?
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Purpose: To evaluate a patient for idiopathic osteoarthritis of the knee using the recursive partitioning model of Altman with clinical and laboratory data.
Specialty: Surgery, orthopedic, Immunology/Rheumatology
Objective: clinical diagnosis, including family history for genetics, criteria for diagnosis
ICD-10: M15, M19,