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Disseminated Gonococcal Infection - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Bacteremic spread of the Gram-negative diplococci Neisseria gonorrhoeae. History
diplococci Neisseria gonorrhoeae ... the preferred test ... the workup • Test ... Distal joints, knees ... , wrists, ankles
WHAT test - Wrist Hyperflexion and Abduction of the Thumb 

The wrist is hyperflexed and the
WHAT test - Wrist ... Thumb The wrist ... considered a positive test ... Abduction #Thumb #Test ... #orthopedics #rheumatology
Systemic Sclerosis (Scleroderma)
Multi-system autoimmune disease characterized by vasculopathy and progressive fibrosis of skin and internal organs
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distal to elbows/wrists ... and knees • Diffuse ... Scleroderma #SSc #rheumatology
Eichhoff's Test in de Quervain's Tenosynovitis

The Eichhoff test is used to assess for de Quervain's tenosynovitis,
Eichhoff's Test ... The Eichhoff test ... the thumb and wrist ... #orthopedics #rheumatology ... #wrist
Eichhoff's Test in de Quervain's Tenosynovitis

The Eichhoff test is used to assess for de Quervain's tenosynovitis,
Eichhoff's Test ... The Eichhoff test ... the thumb and wrist ... #orthopedics #rheumatology ... #wrist
Eichhoff's Test in de Quervain's Tenosynovitis

The Eichhoff test is used to assess for de Quervain's tenosynovitis,
Eichhoff's Test ... The Eichhoff test ... the thumb and wrist ... #orthopedics #rheumatology ... #wrist
Eichhoff's Test in de Quervain's Tenosynovitis

1) Patient makes a fist with fingers wrapped around the thumb
2)
Eichhoff's Test ... ulnar deviates the wrist ... Positive test = ... #orthopedics #rheumatology ... #wrist
Finkelstein Test for de Quervain's Tenosynovitis

The Finkelstein test is used to assess for de Quervain's tenosynovitis,
Finkelstein Test ... the thumb and wrist ... the thumb and wrist ... #orthopedics #rheumatology ... #wrist
CPPD vs Gout

== CPPD == 

Think About CPPD When:
 • Self-limited synovitis after surgery/trauma (> 65
joints (shoulders, wrists ... atypical locations: Wrist ... forefoot, ankles, knees ... , fingers, wrist ... Gout #Comparison #rheumatology
 The following #reflexes are routinely tested, and the response elicited is graded from zero to
bedridden, the knees ... Achilles reflex is best ... having the patient kneel ... Wrist clonus is ... extension of the wrists