Ch 3: red flags for knee, leg, ankle, foot Flashcards
What condition has red flags for age >60 years?
Peripheral arterial occlusive disease
What condition has red flags for history of type 2 diabetes?
Peripheral arterial occlusive disease
What condition has red flags for history of ischemic heart disease?
Peripheral arterial occlusive disease
What condition has red flags for smoking history?
Peripheral arterial occlusive disease
What condition has red flags for sedentary lifestyle?
Peripheral arterial occlusive disease
What condition has red flags for concurrent intermittent claudication?
Peripheral arterial occlusive disease
What condition has red flags for unilaterally cool extremity?
Peripheral arterial occlusive disease
What condition has red flags for decreased pedal pulses (posterior tibial artery, dorsalis pedis artery)?
Peripheral arterial occlusive disease
What condition has red flags for prolonged venous filling time?
Peripheral arterial occlusive disease
What condition has red flags for abnormal ankle-to-arm systolic pressure?
Peripheral arterial occlusive disease
What condition has red flags for calf pain, edema, tenderness, and warmth?
Deep Vein Thrombosis
What condition has red flags for calf pain that is intensified with standing or walking or relieved by rest and elevation?
Deep Vein Thrombosis
What condition has red flags for recent surgery, malignancy, pregnancy, trauma, or leg immobilization?
Deep Vein Thrombosis
What condition has red flags for a history of blunt trauma, crush injury, or unaccustomed exercise?
Compartment syndrome
What condition has red flags for severe, persistent leg pain that is intensified with stretch applied to involved muscles?
Compartment syndrome
What condition has red flags for swelling, exquisite tenderness, and palpable tension (hardness) of involved?
Compartment syndrome
What condition has red flags for paresthesia, paresis, and pulselessness?
Compartment syndrome
What condition has red flags for constant aching or throbbing pain, joint swelling, tenderness, warmth?
Septic arthritis
What condition has red flags for history of recent injection, surgery, or injection?
Septic arthritis
What condition has red flags for coexisting immunosuppressive disorder?
Septic arthritis
What condition has red flags for pain, skin swelling, warmth, and advancing irregular margin of erythema/reddish streaks?
Cellulitis
What condition has red flags for fever, chills, malaise, and weakness?
Cellulitis
What condition has red flags for history of recent skin ulceration or abrasion, venous insufficiency, CHR, or cirrhosis?
Cellulitis
