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A patient presents with Flank pain and costovertebral angle tenderness may indicate?
pylonephritis
When auscultating the abdomen what are you assessing? Bowel sounds and if bruits are
present
To allay fears and discomfort before pelvic exam what should be done? Explain procedure,
maintain eye contact, show equipment, help patient position, encourage pt to tell you if any
discomfort
Stroking the inner thigh with blunt instrument, to access if testicle rises on the stroked side is
what reflex? cremasteric reflex
What are some risk factors associated with Osteoporosis? Sedentary lifestyle, Nulliparous,
menopause before 45, inadequate calcium/Vit D, Smoking/ETOH
What are some S/S of STI? Burning or pain with urination, rash, thick colored/odor
discharge, Lesions, (females-bleeding between periods)
How do you perform the Phalen test; what does it indicate? Pt to have hands palmer-flexed
with dorsal sides together up to a minute; numbness radiating from wrist to hand indicates
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
A boggy, soft, or fluctuant swelling; point tenderness along olecranon process and pain with
pronation/supination of elbow indicates? Epicondylitis or tendonitis
What technique is used to determine the presence of an effusion on the knee from excess fluid
& how to perform it? Ballottement; Knee extended, use the web of one hand to push down
, on suprapatellar pouch, then fingers of other hand to quickly press down patella against femur,
if effusion then a clicking is sensed & when releasing patella floats out.
Increased abdominal pain with exertion and lifting indicates and/or heartburn that worsens
with lying down and is relieved by sitting up or antacids, water brash, DYSPHASIA indicate??
Hiatal Hernia
How can you differentiate an enlarged spleen from an enlarged left kidney? Percussion; the
usual area of dullness of spleen will be larger if enlarged there will be a notch along medial
border
Which cranial nerve is commonly one of the first to lose function in the presence of increased
intracranial pressure causing unremitting headache & what is being assessed? CN VI; lateral
movement (temporal gaze) of the eyes
What are you assessing with Rapid Hand Movements? cerebellar function
If the corneal light reflex is imbalanced What should be assess and what would prompt a
referral to eye DR Cover-Uncover Test; any movement of either eye when covered and
uncovered
What test would be used to evaluate the patient's balance? Romberg
What would be expected when asking patient to focus from distance to close? constriction
of pupil
During H&P the pt is slow to respond what is suspected? Depression
is the finding of scrotal smoothness and redness during exam normal or abnormal?
abnormal
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A patient presents with Flank pain and costovertebral angle tenderness may indicate?
pylonephritis
When auscultating the abdomen what are you assessing? Bowel sounds and if bruits are
present
To allay fears and discomfort before pelvic exam what should be done? Explain procedure,
maintain eye contact, show equipment, help patient position, encourage pt to tell you if any
discomfort
Stroking the inner thigh with blunt instrument, to access if testicle rises on the stroked side is
what reflex? cremasteric reflex
What are some risk factors associated with Osteoporosis? Sedentary lifestyle, Nulliparous,
menopause before 45, inadequate calcium/Vit D, Smoking/ETOH
What are some S/S of STI? Burning or pain with urination, rash, thick colored/odor
discharge, Lesions, (females-bleeding between periods)
How do you perform the Phalen test; what does it indicate? Pt to have hands palmer-flexed
with dorsal sides together up to a minute; numbness radiating from wrist to hand indicates
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
A boggy, soft, or fluctuant swelling; point tenderness along olecranon process and pain with
pronation/supination of elbow indicates? Epicondylitis or tendonitis
What technique is used to determine the presence of an effusion on the knee from excess fluid
& how to perform it? Ballottement; Knee extended, use the web of one hand to push down
, on suprapatellar pouch, then fingers of other hand to quickly press down patella against femur,
if effusion then a clicking is sensed & when releasing patella floats out.
Increased abdominal pain with exertion and lifting indicates and/or heartburn that worsens
with lying down and is relieved by sitting up or antacids, water brash, DYSPHASIA indicate??
Hiatal Hernia
How can you differentiate an enlarged spleen from an enlarged left kidney? Percussion; the
usual area of dullness of spleen will be larger if enlarged there will be a notch along medial
border
Which cranial nerve is commonly one of the first to lose function in the presence of increased
intracranial pressure causing unremitting headache & what is being assessed? CN VI; lateral
movement (temporal gaze) of the eyes
What are you assessing with Rapid Hand Movements? cerebellar function
If the corneal light reflex is imbalanced What should be assess and what would prompt a
referral to eye DR Cover-Uncover Test; any movement of either eye when covered and
uncovered
What test would be used to evaluate the patient's balance? Romberg
What would be expected when asking patient to focus from distance to close? constriction
of pupil
During H&P the pt is slow to respond what is suspected? Depression
is the finding of scrotal smoothness and redness during exam normal or abnormal?
abnormal
