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What are the obesity related complications?

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Back pain, osteoarthritis, atherosclerosis cardiovascular issues, sleep apnea

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What are the laboratory studies done for obese patients?

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Glucose (HbA1c)
TSH
Lipids
Hepatic enzymes

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What is the approach for obese patients?

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Underlying conditions causes of obesity, complications of obesity, possible comorbidities

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What are the non-medical causes of obesity? Common causes? Endocrine disorder causes?

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Sedentary lifestyle, over eating; menopause, pregnancy, sleep deprivation, smoking cessation, medications (sulfonylurea, TCAs, Oral contraception; Endocrine disorder such as hypothyroidism, Cushing disorder

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What terminates palpitations caused by supraventricular tachycardia?

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Terminate symptoms by vagal maneuvers (coughing and valsalva)

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How can premature ventricular contraction present?

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Isolated forceful beats at rest

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Examples of palpitation?

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Irregular, forceful, weird, fast

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What substance can cause palpitations?

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Caffeine, stimulants, and amphetamine, alcohol abuse or withdrawal

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What are the metabolic causes of palpitations?

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Hyperthyroidism, hypoglycemia, anemia,Pheochromocytoma

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What are the medications that can cause palpitations?

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Anticholinergic, vasodilators, bronchodilators, stimulants

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What are the neuropsychiatric causes of palpitations?

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Insomnia, anxiety disorders

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What are the basic markers that are done for patients who have palpitations?

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ECG, CBC, glucose, electrolytes, TSH

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Preemployment medical evaluations fall into that category?

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Access fitness for workers with strain US occupation. Aggressive preventative care, substance-abuse or mental health disorders, general preventative care/wellness examination.

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What should be done for patient gives you a form to fill out?

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Explain that you were for the format you leave the room and you are mailed to the patient

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What should be noted in your patients note for patients with pre-employment visit?

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Reason for obvious disqualification for patient to perform the job without public risk

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What are the Positive physical examination test done for rotator cuff impingement or tendonopathy? Rotator cuff tear?

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Pain with external rotation of the shoulder and abduction. (Subacromial tenderness, normal range of motion with positive impingement test (Neer); Similar to previous, pain with external rotation, Age >40

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What are you differential diagnosis for shoulder pain?

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Rotator cuff tear or tendonopathy, or impingement, Adhesive Capsulitis, Bicep tendon apathy/rupture, Glenohumeral osteoarthritis

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What are the stages of Smoking Cessation?

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Precontemplation, Contemplation, Preparation, Action, Maintenance

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What are the stages in smoking cessation?

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Precontemplation, contemplation, preparation, action, maintenance, identification.

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In the stages of smoking cessation what does precontemplation mean?

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Not willing to acknowledge negative consequences

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What should be the approach to encouraging a patient to quit smoking?

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Explain the consequences, personalized risk

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What should be the approach in recommending a patient to stop smoking?

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Mentioned counseling and drug therapy and Follow up phone calls to reinforce positive changes

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What are some questions you can ask in HPI for smoking cessation patients?

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Are there any situations that tend to reinforce smoking? Have you tried to quit before? How did it go?

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Delineate motivational interviewing for smoker cessation patients?

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Indications (comorbid problems), Principles (Acknowledge the resistance to change, discuss discrepancies between behavior and long-term goals, personalize, Enhance motivations for quitting), Technique (OARS) open ended questions reflect Affirmation & summarize the main points

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Close encounter for smoking patients?
Identify factors that made me quitting easier or harder,Express preferences on quitting strategies for treatment. Provide a quit date
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How would you characterize shoulder pain?
Acute (<2weeks)or chronic, Traumatic or Atraumatic, intrinsic or extrinsic (Including radicular and referred pain), location (anterior, posterior, superior, diffuse)
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What are the symptoms for adhesive capsulitis, frozen shoulder syndrome?
Decreased both passive and active range of motion and shoulder joint. Painful and progressive. More stiffness and pain.
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Describe the common causes of shoulder pain?
Rotator cuff impingement or tendinopathy, rotator cuff tear, biceps tendinopathy/rupture, glenohumeral osteoarthritis, adhesive capsulitis
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How do patients with rotator cuff impingement or tendinopathy present?
Pain with abduction and external rotation shoulder, subacromial tenderness, normal range of motion with positive impingement test (Neer, Hawkins)
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How does rotator cuff tear presents?
Similar to rotator cuff tendinopathy however patient is usually less than 40 and there’s weakness with external rotation
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How did patience with Adhesive Capsulitis (frozen shoulder) present?
Decreased active and passive range of motion. More stiffness and pain
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How Do you patience with bicep tendon apathy/rupture present?
Anterior shoulder pain, pain with lifting carrying or overhead reaching. Weakness is less common.
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What two can be damaged and a patient who has a humeral fracture? What can be the results?
Axillary nerve can be injured in proximal humerus fracture, causing sensory loss alongthe lateral aspect of the deltoid region. Radial nerve can be injured in a fracture of the mid shaft/distal third of the humerus causing wrist drop
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What are the bio metric measurements for patients who are obese?
Blood pressure and pulse, weight, BMI, waist circumference
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What are the laboratory studies that should be done for obese patients or patients who experience excessive weight gain?
Glucose or hemoglobin A-1 C, TSH, lipids, hepatic enzymes
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What are the three parts in evaluating patients with obesity?
Ruling out any underlying disorder’s, complications, comorbid conditions
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How is BMI measured?
Weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared
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What is considered severe obesity?
BMI greater than 40 or greater than 35 with weight related complications
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What are the differential diagnosis for obesity or weight gain?
Nonmedical causes include sedentary lifestyle or over-eating. Medical causes include pregnancy, menopause, smoking cessation, sleep deprivation, and medications ( oral contraception, sulfonylurea, tricyclic) and endocrine disorder (hypothyroidism Cushing’s syndrome)
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What should you say with patients who inquires about weight loss treatment?
I will follow up to address appropriate options for your case
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What are the differential diagnosis for palpitations?
Structural heart disease, cardiac conduction disease, medications, other, metabolic disorders, neuropsychiatric disorder’s
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What are the structural heart disease that can cause palpitations?
Valvular heart disease, cardio myopathy
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What are the Cardiac conduction disease that can cause palpitations?
Atria fibrillion, super ventricular arrhythmia/ectopy , ventricular arrhythmia/ectopy
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What are the metabolic disorders that can cause palpitations?
Hyper thyroidism, pheochromocytoma, Hyperglycemia, anemia
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Neuropsychiatric disorders that can cause palpitations include?
Anxiety disorders, insomnia
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Medication that can cause palpitations include?
Stimulants, vasodilators, bronchodilators, anti-cholinergics
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Other substances that can cause palpitations include?
Caffeine, cocaine, amphetamines, alcohol abuse or withdrawal
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What are some of the things I look for to support a cardiac source for palpitations?
Irregular heartbeat, prolonged symptoms greater than five minutes, underlying heart disease
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How may patients terminate the palpation sensation?
Vagal maneuvers like coughing or Valsalva which suggest supraventricular tachycardia
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What question should be asked in family history as a relates to obese patients?
Is there obesity in your family? Do any of your close family members have heart disease diabetes or thyroid disorder?
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Questions that should be asked to obesity patients as it pertains to medication?
Do you take any medications? Have you taken steroid medication recently?
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What should be discussed during the closing encounter for obesity patients?
Clarify patient’s concerns. Review any complications or comorbidities and additional findings.
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What should we do response in a obese patient requires about weight loss treatment to?
Acknowledge their concern and expressed that they will be follow up like to address the appropriate options
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When are x-rays necessary for obese patients?
If patient expressed symptoms of osteoarthritis as a pertains to weight-bearing joints
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What is benign ectopy?
Occasional skip beats that occur rest and disappears with activity in an otherwise healthy well conditioned patient
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What are family history questions should be asked for patients who had palpitations?
Any heart conditions that run in the immediate family? And when your family died unexpectedly at a young age?
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What should be done if the pre-employment form ask you to measure blood pressure?
Measure blood pressure
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What diagnostic test are very common for preemployment patient?
Fasting glucose, lipid panel, urine toxicology, tuberculin skin test
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What test should be ran for preemployment patients who experience high risk exposure?
Chest x-ray and pulmonary function test for patients with inhalation exposure to hazardous particulates
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How does the glenohumeral Osteoarthritis present?
Gradual onset of anterior or deep shoulder pain usually caused by trauma. Decreased active and passive abduction and external rotation
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How does Biceps tendinopathy/rupture?
Anterior shoulder pain. Pain with lifting caring or overhead reaching. Weakness is less common
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Adhesive capsulitis (frozen shoulder) how does it present?
Decrease passive and active range of motion. More stiffness than pain
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What should be done in pre-employment encounter in which there has been and how Laois and exposure to hazardous particulates?
Chest x-ray and pulmonary function test

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