Update 2024/2025
Native Americans are almost - ✔✔100% lactose intolerant as a cultural group
The frequent use of prescription or OTC NSAIDS - ✔✔common cause of peptic ulcer disease.
The guaiac stool test tests - ✔✔resence of blood in the stool.
The musculoskeletal assessment should be performed from proximal to distal. - ✔✔- A
screening
musculoskeletal exam is sufficient for most clients. - A complete musculoskeletal exam should
be performed on clients with articular disease, a history of musculoskeletal symptoms or any
problems with ADLs.
To assess the temporomandibular joint, use the following technique - ✔✔- with the person
seated, inspect the area just anterior to the ear.
Place the tips of your first two fingers in front of each ear and ask the person to open and
close
the mouth.
,Drop your fingers into the depressed area over the joint and note smooth motion of the
mandible.
Changes in posture can be attributed to certain conditions. - ✔✔- Kyphosis is common in older
individuals with osteoporosis.
Increasing lordosis is a common finding later in pregnancy.
kyphosis - ✔✔humpback
lordosis - ✔✔abnormal anterior curvature of the lumbar spine (sway-back condition)
The best way to prevent osteoporosis in perimenopausal women - ✔✔performing weight
bearing
exercise regularly
Polydactyly - ✔✔extra digits
syndactyly - ✔✔webbed fingers or toes
Asymmetric gluteal folds in an infant is a sign of - ✔✔congenital or traumatic hip dysplasia.
Gout is a - ✔✔painful inflammatory arthritis characterized by excess uric acid in the blood and
, deposits of urate crystals in the joint space.
Acute episodes are triggered by - ✔✔surgery, trauma, diuretics, alcohol intake
Episodes are characterized by - ✔✔-redness, swelling, heat, and extreme pain such as
continuous
throbbing.
Increased prevalence in obesity, metabolic syndrome, hypertension, hyperlipidemia.
Carpal tunnel syndrome is characterized by - ✔✔pain along thumb and index and middle
fingers
and atrophy occur from interference with motor function from compression of the median
nerve
inside the carpal tunnel
Caused by chronic repetitive motion; - ✔✔occurs between 40 and 60 years and is more
common
in women.