back pain def

Question 1

septic diskitis

Answer 1

RARE infection in the intervertebral disc space

Question 2

paraspinal abscess/

location

Answer 2

Infections in the area immediately adjacent to the spine.

Question 3

adenopathy/ def

Answer 3

lymphadenopathy;

is the enlargement of lymph nodes

Question 4

myeloma/def

Answer 4

cancer of the plasma cells.

Question 5

plasma cells/ def

Answer 5

terminally differentiated B lymph. => antibodies

Question 6

lymphoma

Answer 6

cancer of immune system /lymph system.

Question 7

blastic vs lytic lesions/mets

Answer 7

lytic lesions destroy bone material;

blastic =fill the bone with extra cells

Question 8

to jar

Answer 8

to hit or shake (something) forcefully

Question 9

wide base gait/ describe

Answer 9

jambes ecartees

Question 10

CCU/ def

Answer 10

Coronary care unit

Question 11

*Capillary Hydrostatic Pressure (PC )

Answer 11

This pressure drives fluid out of the capillary (i.e.; filtration); and

is highest at the arteriolar end of the capillary and

lowest at the venular end.

Question 12

*Capillary Plasma Oncotic Pressure/

synonymes for oncotic pressure

what is responsible for the oncotic pressure?

Answer 12

“osmotic” pressure=”oncotic” pressure:=”colloid osmotic” /

Albumin =70% of oncotic pressure./

oncotic pressure incr. along the length of the capillary; particularly in capillaries having high net filtration

Question 13

sciatica

Answer 13

pain is worsened by sitting + radiates to back == pain distribution=radicular pain in the L5–S1 distribution

hint:sit: spine is not upright, disc bulges and presses on the nerve

Question 14

CT scan/

how are the images formed?

Answer 14

x ray in 3D

Question 15

ABI/definition

Answer 15

ankle-brachial index/

Highest systolic ankle pressure /Highest systolic arm pressure

both BPs are in mm Hg

Question 16

ABI/how to perform

Answer 16

measure Systolic BP arms +ankles

Question 17

ABI/when to perform

Answer 17

when

Hx of Vascular risk factors;

suspected Peripheral arterial disease

Question 18

ABI/test result analysis

Answer 18

<=0.9 <=> abnormal;

abnl=> dx of PAD

Question 19

neurogenic claudication= pseudoclaudication/ definition

Answer 19

numbness with exertion

Question 20

Peripheral artery disease

(also called peripheral arterial disease)

Answer 20

narrowed arteries (<= atherosclerosis) reduce blood flow to your limbs.

=>leg pain when walking (intermittent claudication).