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CPPD vs Gout

== CPPD == 

Think About CPPD When:
 • Self-limited synovitis after surgery/trauma (> 65
joints (shoulders, wrists ... atypical locations: Wrist ... culture used to diagnose ... forefoot, ankles, knees ... , fingers, wrist
Monoarthritis - Differential Diagnosis
Infection (Acute):
 - S. aureus (most common)
 - S. pneumonia
 - Salmonella (in
- Differential Diagnosis ... birefringent - CPPD ... Usually involves the knee ... involve the b/l wrists ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Brudzinski’s Sign in Meningitis (first described in 19th century by Dr. Josef Brudzinski)

Brudzinski's sign is characterized
flexion of the knees ... following passive neck ... Passive neck flexion ... Video by Dr. ... Meningitis #Clinical #Video
Campbell’s sign or Tracheal Descent in Longstanding COPD

Patients with longstanding COPD may show downward displacement of
in Longstanding COPD ... with longstanding COPD ... Tracheal #Descent #COPD ... #clinical #video ... #trachea #neck
Brudzinski's Sign in Meningitis

Severe neck stiffness causes the patient's knees and hips to flex when the
Meningitis Severe neck ... the patient's knees ... flex when the neck ... Meningitis #clinical #video
Brudzinski's Sign in Meningitis

Severe neck stiffness causes the patient's knees and hips to flex when the
Meningitis Severe neck ... the patient's knees ... flex when the neck ... Meningitis #clinical #video
Brudzinski's sign is a physically demonstrable symptom of meningitis. It is characterized by reflexive flexion of
flexion of the knees ... following passive neck ... sign #clinical #video
SEQUENCE FOR PUTTING ON PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT (PPE)

1. GOWN
•	 Fully cover torso from neck to knees,
cover torso from neck ... to knees, arms ... to end of wrists ... Fasten in back of neck ... Extend to cover wrist
Mytomes - Segmental Innervation of Muscles
Shoulder	Abduction	C5	Axillary Nerve
Shoulder	Adduction	C6-C8	Thoracodorsal Nerve
Elbow	Flexion	C5	Musculocutaneous Nerve
Elbow	Extension	C7	Radial Nerve
Wrist	Extension	C6	Radial Nerve
Fingers	Flexion	C8	Median Nerve
Fingers	Abduction	T1	Ulnar Nerve
Hip	Flexion	L2	Nerve to Psoas
Hip	Extension	S1	Inferior Gluteal
Radial Nerve Wrist ... Gluteal Nerve Knee ... Tibial Nerve Knee ... Orthopedics #Neurology #Diagnosis
Pseudogout Summary - Calcium Pyrophosphate Deposition Disease (CPPD)

Pathophysiology:
Pyrophosphate produced by chondrocytes likely precipitates with calcium to
joints (shoulders, wrists ... often involves the wrists ... culture used to diagnose ... present with acute neck ... #Rheumatology #diagnosis