Exam 1 Flashcards
What length should be the cuff’s bladder at least be compared to the circumference of the upper arm?
What about the width?
at least 80%
at least 40%
how high should the blood pressure cuff be compared to the cubital fossa?
1 inch above
Technically which part of the stethoscope should you be using over the brachial artery?
Bell is technical, but most people use the diaphragm
What is the first knocking sound called and which pressure is this?
Korotkoff
Systolic
What is an Auscultory gap?
period of absent korotkoff sounds. so you can accidentally underestimate systolic or overestimate diastolic
patient should be free of what and for how many minutes before a bp reading?
smoking, caffeine, exercise 30 minutes prior
How can you get a falsely high reading for bp?
cuff too small
cuff too large on a large arm
brachial artery is below the heart
How can you get a falsely high reading for bp?
cuff too large for a small arm
brachial artery above heart
What’s the average respiratory rate?
15-20 per min
If you’re looking at someone’s right eye, how do you hold the ophthalmoscope?
hold it with right hand, with your right eye, and have them look over your right shoulder and look at their eye from lateral to medial
Which way do you pull the ear when looking in their ears for a kid less than 12 months?
Down and back
Which way do you pull the ear when looking in their ears for a kid greater than 12 months?
Up and back
What is sensitivity?
proportion of patients with the diagnosis who have the physical sign
I.e. have the positive result
What is “True positive” and is it with specificity or sensitivity
the “True Positive” rate
the probability that a person with the disease has a positive test
Sensitivity
What is Specificity
the proportion of patients without the diagnosis who Lack the physical sign (i.e. have the negative result)
What are you looking at with “red free” light on the Opthalmoscope?
visualize the vessels and hemorrhage
What are you looking at with “slit beam” light on the Opthalmoscope?
contour abnormalities
What are you looking at with “blue light” light on the Opthalmoscope?
abrasions and ulcers after fluorescein staining
What is the direct pupillary light reflex?
when the light is shined in the eye, the pupil constricts
What is the consensual pupillary light reflex?
when the light shined in the eye, the pupil of the other eye also constricts
What lasts longer, air conduction or Bone conduction
Air conduction lasts longer
Where do you hold the fork for air conduction
hold fork in front of external auditory meatus
Where do you hold the fork for bone conduction?
boney area behind the ear
Where do you put the tuning fork for the weber test?
forehead
Rinne Test: In normal ears and ears with sensorineural loss, what sounds louder, the air-conducted sound or the bone conduction sound?
air conducted
AC>BC
Rinne Test: In conductive hearing loss, what sounds louder, the air-conducted sound or the bone conduction sound?
BC>AC
What does 20/20 mean?
20/40
always X/Y, where X is the pt, Y is the normal
20 feet 20 feet
normal person sees 40 ft what you see in 20 feet
How do you percuss?
put your fingers over the thorax/abdomen. strike the distal knuckle with 3rd finger to elicit the sound
What is a dull sound of percussion mean?
fluid
What is a flat sound of percussion mean?
solid
What does a tympanic sound of percussion mean?
air
What does uremic fetor mean?
its a smell.. fishy, urine odor (ammonia like)
what is fetor hepaticas?
smell –> breath of the dead
bell is for what sounds?
low - bruits
diaphragm for what sounds?
high pitched. breath sounds/heart tones
What’s a normal bp?
120/80
what’s considered stage 1 hypertension?
140/90
what’s considered stage 2 hypertension?
160/100
hypertensive crisis?
180/120
Normal temperature is what?
97.8-99
what locations reflect a higher temperature?
Axillary .3 to .4 higher
rectally .5 to .7 higher
what temperature reflects core temperature?
Ear
When should you get an annual lung cancer screening?
30 pack years between 55 and 80 and currently quit or have quit within the past 15 years
CAGE stands for what?
Cut Back
Annoyed
Guilt
Eye Opener
How many drinks for women?
3 per day 7 per week
drinks for men?
4 per day 14 per week
Spirituality and religion mnemonic?
FICA
Faith and belief
Importance
Community
Address in Care or Assessment and plan
What does SAFE stand for?
Stress
Afraid
Friends
Emergency plan
5 p’s of sexual history?
Partners Practices Prevention of Pregnancy Protection from STIs Past History of STIs
Which model are patients more likely to adhere to the treatment?
patient-centered
Sprain Vs strain?
LISP
ligament = sprain
pop
MUST
muscle strain
grabbing feeling
Nipple line is what dermatome?
What about the belly button?
T4
T10
8mm is what edema classification?
4+
What tests indicate a glenohumeral instability?
Apprehension Test
Sulcus Sign
What are the tests for unstable bicipital or bicipital tendonitis?
Yergasons and Speed’s test
What Indicates a rotator cuff pathology?
Empty Can Test
Drop Arm Test
What indicates a rotator cuff impingement?
Painful Arc Test
Neer Impingement
hawkins Test
What indicates a subscapularis weakness?
Lift Off Test
AC joint pathology test?
Cross Arm Test
Genu Valgum vs Genu Varus, which has an increased q angle?
valgum
varus has less
Q angle normal? who has a bigger one?
15
females
Valgus test indicates what?
MCL disruption
Varus test indicates what?
LCL disruption
McMurray tests what
lateral or medial meniscus
valgus = medial meniscus varus = lateral meniscus
apley grind test with compression tests what?
could be meniscus or Collateral ligament injury or both
Apley grind test with distraction does what?
if you have relief, it’s a possible meniscus injury
if it’s painful then it’s a collateral ligament problem
What goes into the Subjective of a soap note?
CC, HPI, ROS, PMH, PSH, Meds, All, FH, SH
what you learn by taking the patient’s history
what goes into objective
physical exam findings including structural findings, labs and radiology
what goes in Assessment
what you think is going on with the patient
What’s the difference between diagnosis and differential diagnosis
diagnosis is the art of identifying disease from its signs and symptoms
differential is the probable causes of the assessment, listed in order from most likely to least likely
What is the patellar laxity test? patellar apprehension?
pushing against the medial side of the patella laterally
if there is apprehension or laxity it’s a previous patellar dislocation or severe instability
What do you do for a patellar compression (grind test)
push down on the patella with one hand while moving the patella medial and lateral
pain with compression
inflammation, chondromalacia, injury to the patellofemoral articular surfaces
What’s the patella-femoral grinding test?
compress patella caudally into trochlear groove and instruct the patient to tighten quads
you should feel it go up
positive would be pain and indicates roughness of articulating surfaces
Fundoscopic refers to what instrument?
opthalmoscope
Tachypnea means what?
increased respiratory rate
any treatments, including OMT should be put in what?
PLAN