Written comp review Flashcards
What sort of exam does a first-time patient in office or hospital get?
Comprehensive assessment
Which exam includes all elements of health history and complete physical exam?
Comprehensive assessment
Which exam covers base-line for future assessments?
Comprehensive assessment
What type of exam for a PT who is known-well and coming in for routine care?
Focal/Problem-oriented assessment
What type of exam for specific “urgent care” like sore throat or knee pain?
Focal/Problem-oriented assessment
Which exam is addressed to symptoms and specific body system?
Focal/Problem-oriented assessment
What is the sequence of physical exam?
Head to toe
Which side to exam PT on?
PT’s right side, even if lefty
3 goals of exam sequence?
- Maximize PT comfort
- Avoid unnecessary changes in position
- Enhance clinical efficiency
Normal BP for age 18-60?
Systolic <120
Diastolic <80
Prehypertensive age 18-60?
Systolic=120-139
Diastolic=80-89
Stage 1 range HTN in 18-60?
Systolic=140-159
Diastolic 90-99
Stage 2 range HTN in 18-60?
Systolic ≥160
Diastolic ≥100
4 end-organs damaged by HTN?
- Eyes
- Brain
- Heart
- Kidneys
Is home/ambulatory or office BP measurment more predictive of CV disease and end-organ damage?
Home/ambulatory
What is home/ambulatory BP measurement for HTN with automated device?
≤135/85
HTN: Office manual or automated avg how many times? Occasions?
Average of two separate occasions
HTN: Office manual or automated avg for Stage 1 HTN? (actual numbers)
≥140/90 (aka Stage 1 HTN)
Asleep HTN measurment?
> 120/70
What is Masked HTN? What are the home and office measurments?
Office blood pressure <140/90, but an elevated daytime blood pressure of >135/85 on home or ambulatory testing
What does Masked HTN a risk for?
Increased risk for CV disease and end-organ damage
White Coat HTN measurment?
≥140/90
White Coat HTN is what type of response?
Anxiety response
White Coat HTN and risk for what?
Normal to slight increased CV risk
Does White Coat HTN require treatment?
No tx required
Cuff bladder width what % of upper arm?
40%
Cuff bladder length what % of upper arm?
80%. Almost long enough to encircle arm.
Standard cuff measurment? Good for what arm circumference?
12x23cm. Good for 28cm arm circumference.
Where should brachial artery be when assessing BP?
At level of heart
BP if brachial artery is below heart?
Elevated BP
BP if brachial artery is above heart?
Low BP
Systolic: when to stop inflating cuff and what to feel for?
Feel radial art until disappears. Note that number and add 30. Deflate, wait 15-30 sec, and reinflate to check systolic.
Systolic: What is avoided when inflating, adding 30, then reinflating?
Ausculatory gap
Which side of stethoscope over brachial artery for BP?
Bell
How many mmHg to deflate cuff in BP?
2-3mmHg
Systolic: What is heard?
2 consecutive beats
Diastolic: What is heard?
Disappearance point ater muffling sound
Diastolic: Which heart condition causes muffling to never disappear?
Aortic regurg
BP: Round to nearest what?
2 mmHg
How long to wait between taking BP?
2 or more minutes
If two BPs differ by more than ___mmHg take additional readings
5mmHg
BP: ≥10mmHg difference between arms which 3 conditions?
- Subclavian steel syndrome
- Supraclavicular Aortic Stenosis
- Aortic Dissection
What will Coarctation of Aorta and Occlusive Aortic Disease to do BP and pulses in extremities?
Upper ext=Higher systolic BP
Lower ext=Lower systolic BP, delayed/diminished femoral pulses
Which 3 CNs are sensory only?
1, 2, 8
Which 5 CNs are motor only?
3, 4, 6, 11, 12
Which 4 CNs are both motor and sensory?
5, 7, 9, 10
How to test CN 1 Olfactory?
Occlude each nostril for patency. Then PT closes eyes and smells through one nostril to identify scent.
How to test CN 2 Optic?
Test visual acuity with charts. Test visual fields by controntation. Fundoscopic exam.
How to test CN 3 Oculomotor?
Pupilary reaction to light and near response. Ptosis (levator palpebrae muscle) and medial rectus muscle (convergance).
How to test CN 4 Trochlear?
Superior oblique muscle. Vertical diplopia.
How to test CN 6 Abducens?
Lateral rectus muscle. Moves eye out/lateral.
CNs 3, 4, and 6 control what 3 things about the pupil?
Pupil size, shape, reaction to light
How to test CN 8 Vestibularchocolear?
Whisper in one each while closing off opposite ear.
Rinne Test=bone conduction
Webber test=lateralization
How to test CN 11 Spinal Accessory?
Head turn against resistance to test SCM. Inspect trap muscles for fasiculations or atrophy, shoulder droop, scapula downward drop.
How to test CN 12 Hypoglossal?
Observe tongue for atrophy or fisculations. Stick tongue out and it deviates to weak side. Also word articulation problems.
3 questions which frame neuro exam?
- Is mental status intact?
- Are findings symmetric?
- Where is lesion?
What is the most sensitive indicator of brain injury?
Change in PTs level of mentation
What seen in Upper Motor Neuron Lesion? (hint: 5)
- Hypertonia
- Hyperreflexia
- No fasciculations
- No atrophy
- Babinski
What seen in Lower Motor Neuron Lesion?
- Hypotonia
- Hyporeflexia
- Has fasciculations
- Has atrophy
- Normal plantar reflex
Range of reflex grading?
0-4
Reflex grade 0?
No response
Reflex grade 1+?
Diminished response
Reflex grade 2+?
Normal
Reflex grade 3+?
Brisk, maybe normal.
Reflex grade 4+?
Hyperactive. Brisk with clonus.
Which reflex grade has clonus?
4+
Can plain films rule out C-spine fx?
No
Why measure infant head?
Reflects brain and cranium rate of growth
Define Proptosis
AKA exophthalmos.
Eye protrusion.
Proptosis/Exophalamos seen in which dz?
Graves
Define Hyperopia
Far sighted
Define Myopia
Near sighted
Define Presbyopia
Aging vision
Define Scomata
Specks in vision where can’t see
3 causes of diplopia?
- Brainstem
- Cerebellum
- CN problems
Horizontal Diplopia due to palsy of which 2 CNs?
3 or 6
Vertical Diplopia due to palsy of which 2 CNs?
3 or 4
Diplopia in one eye with other eye closed due to problem where? (hint: 2 possible places)
- Cornea
2. Lens
Define Coloboma
Defect/hole in iris
Define hyphema
Blood in anterior chamber of eye
Define hypopon
Pus in anterior chamber of eye
Describe near reaction
Pupils constrict (miosis) when look from far to near
Convergence due to which CN and muscle?
CN 3, medial rectus
Define miosis
Pupils constrict
Define mydriasis
Pupils dialate
Describe Marcus Gunn Pipil
Partial dilation of pupils when light shined into eye with optic nerve damage
Which condition: Partial dilation of pupils when light shined into eye with optic nerve damage
Marcus Gunn Pupil
Describe Tonic/Adie Pupil
Dilated large pupil. Slow to no reaction to light.
Which condition: Dilated large pupil. Slow to no reaction to light.
Tonic/Adie pupil
Horner Syndrome 3 signs?
- Ptosis
- Miosis
- Anhydrosis
Describe Argyll Robertson Pupils
Bilateral small and irregularly shaped pupils. Do not react to light.
Which condition: Bilateral small and irregularly shaped pupils. Do not react to light.
Argyll Robertson Pupils
Define Anisocoria
Unequal pupil size
Color, size, and light reflex arteries in eye?
Light red, small, bright light reflex
Color, size, and light reflex veins in eye?
Dark red, large, absent light reflex
Normal introcular pressure range?
10-22mmHg
Describe Style/hordeolum. 2 causes? Which way does it point?
Painful, tender, red eyelid. Points outside lid.
- S Aureus
- Blocked meibomian gland
Describe Chalazion. Which way does it point?
Painless nodules due to blocked meibomian gland. Points inside lid.
Describe Xanthelasma
Yellow cholesterol plaque on eye lid
Describe Corneal Arcus
Thin white/gray arc at edge of cornea
Describe Keyser Fleischer Ring. Cause?
Golden to red brown ring. Copper deposits.
Describe corneal scar
Opacity of lens
Color nuclear cataract? Need what to see?
Gray with flashlight
Describe peripheral cataract
Spokelike shadows
Which wall does the breast lay against?
Anterior thoracic wall
Breast goes from which rib to which rib?
(Clavicle ) 2nd rb to 6th rib
Breast horizontal borders?
Sternum to midaxillary line
What is the male loose, wrinkled pouch?
Scrotum
Scrotum how many compartments?
2
2 compartments of the Scrotum?
- Tunica vaginalis
2. Epididymis
Scrotum’s Tunica vaginalis covers what? Where doesn’t it cover?
Covers Testis, not posteriorally
Scrotum’s epididymis covers what and where?
Posterolateral surface of testis
Epididymis shape?
Comma-like
Job of epididymis
Reservoir for storage, maturaiton, and transport of sperm
2 types if inguinal hernia?
- Direct
2. Indirect
What pokes through in inguinal hernia?
Loops of bowel thorugh weak areas into inguinal canal
Which 2 hernias are above the inguinal ligament?
- Indirect
2. Direct
Which is the most common inguinal hernia?
Indirect hernia
Which hernia affects men over 40 and women rarely?
Direct hernia
Which hernia is more common in women?
Femoral
Indirect Inguinal Hernia goes into where?
Scrotum
What direction Direct Inguinal Hernia bulge?
Anteriorally
Which hernia is below the inguinal ligament?
Femoral
What is a herniation of the rectum into the posterior vaginal wall?
Rectocele
What is a bulge of the upper 2/3 of ant vaginal wall?
Cystocele
What is a tight prepuce (foreskin) which cannot retract over glans penis?
Phimosis
Describe Phimosis
Tight prepuce (foreskin) which cannot rectract over glans penis
What is a tight prepuce (foreskin) which is retracted and cannot be returned
Paraphimosis
Describe paraphimosis
A tight prepuce (foreskin) which is retracted and cannot be returned
What is an inflammation of the glans penis?
Valanitis
Describe Valanitis
Inflammation of the glans penis