Exam 5 Flashcards
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Dysphasia
- impairment of speech resulting from brain lesion
Pulsating LN think….
- Artery. LNs don’t pulsate ☺
What is tenosynovitis?
- Inflammation of sheath of a tendon
What are necessary observations during history with elderly patient?
- Interaction with spouse, family or caregiver - Eye contact - Facial expressions - How clothes are fitting - Hygiene - Voice (depression or disjointed)
Weakness of muscle may be suggestive of what?
- Neurological, myopathy, tendinopathy, muscle injury
In assessing DVT, which sign has higher sensitivity and specificity
- Calf diameter is more sensitive and specific than Homan’s sign (pain with dorsiflexion)
Golfer’s vs Tennis elbow. How to test for them?
- Lateral epicondylitis: tennis elbow – Cozen’s and Maudsley’s test - Medial epicondylitis: golfer’s elbow - Cozen’s: pronation for FA with resisted wrist extension and radial deviation to determine if pain occurs. - Maudsley’s (3rd finger test): resist extension of 3rd PIP stresses ECRB and pain reproduced over lateral epicondyle.
Test for subscapular muscle strength
- Subscapularis lift off (aka Gerber’s)
What does an echo show?
- Aortic valve
Non-fluent aphasia (Broca’s/expressive)
- cannot express oneself using language, few words, laborious effort, uses primarily nouns/verbs – fair to good comprehension - Lesion in frontal lobe
Tongue will protrude in what direction with peripheral lesion? Central lesion? What CN?
- CN XII - Peripheral: ipsilateral - Central: contralateral
What are ways that hinder a good relationship with your patient?
- keep them waiting, no explanation - be in hurry, talk with one foot out of door - belittle their concerns and emotional responses - ignore their life stresses
Most common reason for conductive hearing loss in elderly
- Cerumen impaction
What is nml JVD? What does increase mean?
- 4 cm - Meaning if increased: increase LVEDV, low LV ejection fraction, right heard CHF, constrictive pericarditis, tricuspid stenosis or SVC obstruction.
Test for inversion ankle injuries
- Squeeze test: high ankle sprain/syndesmotic sprain/fracture - External rotation test: syndesmotic injury
What is utility for carotid sinus massage?
- SVT
What is graphesthesia? In what part of spinal cord is this carried?
- Ability to identify number / letter drawn in one’s hand when eyes are closed - Carried in posterior column
What is normal monofilament testing of foot?
- 7/10 sites identified
When is it typical for mother to perceive pregnancy?
- 18-20 weeks
How to examine hips in newborns?
- ) Barlow’s maneuver: grasp leg with thumb on inside of thigh, base of thumb on knee and your fingers gripping outer thigh with fingertips resting on greater trochanter. Adduct thigh and gently apply downward pressure on femur in an attempt to disengage the femoral head from acetabulum. Pos = clunk when femoral head exits acetabulum.
- ) Ortolani’s maneuver: slowly abduct thigh while maintaining axial pressure. With fingertips on greater trochanter, exert a lever movement in opposite direction so that fingertips press head of femur back toward acetabulum center. Pos = femur back into acetabulum with clunk.
- ) Allis sign: infant supine on table flex both knees, keeping feet flat on table and femurs aligned with each other. Position yourself at child’s feet and observe height on knees. Pos = one knee appears lower than the other – short femur or dislocation.
Types of histories
1.) Comprehensive: new pt, yearly physical, preop physical, hospitalized pt 2.) Problem-oriented/focused: typical office progress note, sick visit, problem acute, life-threatening problem, requiring immed attn with need given full attn.
Format of oral presentation
- Give enough of S and O to support A. P should be backed up with necessary information from A. - Brief but include important info - Doesn’t include everything
Relationship bw fundal height and weeks of gestation
- Weeks of gestation = cm from symphysis pubis to top of fundus +/- 2 cm - Fundal height measured at each prenatal visit after 20 weeks
UE MSK exam nerve roots
- C5: elbow flexors - C6: wrist extensors - C7: elbow extensors - C8: long finger flexors - T1: small finger abductor