Your Pregnant Patient Is at 28 Weeks Gestation and Complains

question 20

Multiple Choice

Your pregnant patient is at 28 weeks gestation and complains of pain that radiates from the wrist into the fingers in the right hand. She is a computer programmer and uses a keyboard daily for 6 hours or more. The clinician should:

• A) Ask the person to place dorsal surfaces of hands together to check for Phalen's test
• B) Teach the patient that carpal tunnel syndrome is common during the last trimester
• C) Tap the patient's right wrist to try to elicit tingling in the fingers for Tinel's sign
• D) All of the above

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