Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Flashcards

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What are characteristics of pain with CRPS?

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  • very severe
  • often burning
  • becomes regional
  • palmar/plantar dominance
  • hyperalgesia and allodynia
  • extreme sensitivity to cold (in early phase)
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Other than pain, what are characteristics of CRPS?

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  • nail becomes rigid, brittle
  • hair darkens, grows rapidly or later falls out
  • distal extremities increase or decrease in temp
  • 20% of cases, affected area initially painful, warm, ….
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What are common neurological symptoms with CRPS?

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  • spasms
  • increased reflexes
  • weakness
  • first autonomic system involved the central encoded
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What are some of the movement disorders for CRPS?

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  • trouble initiating movement
  • weakness, tremor
  • dystonia in 4th and 5th finger causing flexion contracture
  • evolves into wrist adduction and flexion
  • foot inverted with plantar flexion
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What ancillary study is for CRPS?

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None, at least no gold standards

  • this is a clinical diagnosis
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