CH 3: Important concepts Flashcards
What is the integral aspect of the physical therapy profession’s vision scope of practice?
Diagnosis
What is the process of carefully comparing and contrasting patient data points with the goal of appropriate exclusion and inclusion that terminated with the development of intervention strategies?
Differential diagnosis
What is the unique body of knowledge that is provided only by qualified, trained, and credentialed PTs and PTAs under the direction and supervision of a PT?
Physical Therapy
What encompasses various aspects of acute, rehabilitative, and chronic phases of patient care with the focus primarily on the musculoskeletal, neuromuscular, cardiopulmonary, and integumentary systems?
Practice of physical therapy
What are the various aspects of patient care?
Acute, rehabilitative, chronic
What are the focuses of physical therapy?
Musculoskeletal, neuromuscular, cardiopulmonary, and integumentary
What requires a global understanding of the functions of all systems and how each system interacts with and influences the others?
Differential diagnosis
What are the basic skills required to begin the practice of assessment?
Observation, listening, manual proficiency, and communication
What are some manual proficiencies?
ROM, MMT, anthropometric measurements, and motor and sensory screening
What is a condition that requires immediate medical attention because it may indicate a severe condition or disorder such as infection, inflammation, cancer, heart attack, or fracture?
Red Flag Problems
What is defined as symptoms that affect the whole body and imply there is a possibility that a systemic disease or illness process exists?
Constitutional symptoms
What condition(s) has red flags for chest pain or discomfort; presence of irregular heartbeats (arrhythmia, dysrhythmia); breathlessness or dyspnea; fainting (syncope); or unusual recent fatigue, cough, cyanosis, or edema?
Myocardial infarction, cerebrovascular accident, transient ischemic attack
What is the 3rd most common cardiovascular disease process, occurring in 30-60% of all people who have undergone major surgery, with 90% occurring in LE?
DVT (deep vein thrombosis)
What is defined as a fall in systolic blood pressure of 20 mmHg or more of a fall in diastolic blood pressure of 10 mmHg when the patient moves from a lying position to an erect sitting or standing or from sitting to standing?
Orthostatic hypotension
What is a common insult to the pulmonary system?
Pneumonia
What is an inflammation of the lung tissues that creates excessive fluids resulting in difficulty breathing?
Pneumonia
What occurs when the bronchial airways become inflamed in response to allergens, infectious agents, pollutants, aspirin, and exercise?
Asthma
When experiencing unexplained weight loss, pain at night, and inability to obtain a comfortable position, what should be ruled out?
Tumor or cancer type of pathology
What are the risk factors for colon cancer?
Obesity, eating red meat, cigarette smoking, alcohol consumption
What organs can have problems that are located close to the thoracic spine creating many spinal symptoms?
Heart, lungs, stomach, kidneys
What condition does not occur in a predictable pattern and is not as responsive to nitroglycerin?
Unstable angina
What condition occurs in a predictable pattern and is responsive to medication?
Stable angina
What are the conditions to assess for red flags in the shoulder and cervical spine?
Central cord syndromes, ligamentous instability, brachial plexus neuropathies, tumor
What type of injury should be suspected in patient who present with weakness in shoulder abduction and scapular elevation?
Spinal accessory nerve
