physical exam

Question 1

what are the 10 points of an exam

Answer 1

hx 
inseption 
palpitation 
percussion 
instrumentation (ausculatation )
ROM 
orthos 
neuros
x ray 
labs 

Hippi Ronel

Question 2

the CC should be obtain in: ___

Answer 2

the patients own words if possible

Question 3

what are the 5 components to social hx

Answer 3

drink 
drugs 
sex 
smoke 
stress

Question 4

ex of burning pn

shooting pn: ex

electric shock: ex

radicular pn: ex

Answer 4

burning:
diabetic neuropathy
RSD

shooting: 
N entrapment (motion induces pn) 

Electric shock: MS, trigeminal neuralgia

Radicular: follows dermatomal

Question 5

parasthesia: characterized by _____
cause:

Answer 5

characterized: tingling or prickling with absence of external stim

cause:
1. chronic neuro/ metabolic conditions
2. long standing N entrapment sx’s

Question 6

complete anesthesia causes (3)

Answer 6

1. charcot- marie-tooth dz: drop foot, peroneal neuropathy
2. cauda equina sx: saddle anesthesia
3. syringomyelia

Question 7

gnawing, cramping, dull, achy poorly localized pain would indicate ___ as its origin

Answer 7

visercal structures