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NURS 607 Advanced Physical Assessment FINAL EXAM



eczema - CORRECT ANSWER ; Most common skin disease


Mechanical Neck Pain - CORRECT ANSWER ; Aching pain in the
cervical paraspinal muscles and ligaments with associated muscle
spasm, with associated stiffness and tightness in the upper back and
shoulder, lasting up to 6 weeks. No associated radiation, paresthesias, or
weakness. Headache may be present.


Whiplash Neck Pain - CORRECT ANSWER ; Aching paracervical
pain and stiffness (i.e trapedzeus, sternocliomastoid)


Begins day after


Decreased ROM


Cervical Radiculopathy - CORRECT ANSWER ; Sharp burning or
tingling pain in neck & one arm


Caused by herniated disc (nerve root compression)


Can have tricep and bicep involvement

,Cervical Myelopathy (cord compression) - CORRECT ANSWER ;
Neck pain with bilateral weakness and paresthesia in both upper and
lower extremities, Palmar paresthesia


MEDICAL EMERGENCY, must stabilize neck


PE: Hyperreflexia, + babinski, gait changes


Red flags with Back pain for possible metastases - CORRECT
ANSWER ; Age > 50
History of cancer
Unexplained weight loss


Back pain at night or present at rest - CORRECT ANSWER ; Think
Malignacy


Aching pain in the lumbosacral area. PE: paraspinal muscle tenderness,
pain with movement, loss of lumbar lordosis - CORRECT ANSWER ;
Mechanical Low Back pain


Shooting pain below the knee, commonly into the L5 or S1 typically
accompanies low back pain


PE: positive Straight leg and Cross leg test - CORRECT ANSWER ;
Sciatica (Radicular Low Back Pain)

,Lumbar Spinal Stenosis - CORRECT ANSWER ; Pseudoclaudication
pain in the back or legs with walking that improves with rest or lumbar
flexion


Common age >60


Hypertrophic degenerative disease


Ankylosing spondylitis - CORRECT ANSWER ; Age onset <40


Chronic inflammatory disease that causes chronic back/spine stiffness


Diffuse idiopathic hyperostosis (DISH) - CORRECT ANSWER ; Age
onset > 50
Calcification/ossification of spinal ligaments causing chronic back
stiffness
Non inflam disease


Nocturnal Back Pain, unrelieved by rest - CORRECT ANSWER ;
consider metastatic malignancy to the spine from cancer of the other
parts of body


Cauda Equina Syndrome - CORRECT ANSWER ; Low back pain
associated with bladder symptoms

, Saddle paresthesia


surgical emergency


Sacroilitis - CORRECT ANSWER ; Lumbosacral pain radiates to the
buttocks, groin, or posterior thigh (usually in a runner)


PE: Tenderness at SI joint


Rotator Cuff Tendonitis (Impingement Syndrome) - CORRECT
ANSWER ; From overuse or fall in young adults and athletes


Pain radiating from front of shoulder to side of arm


Tenderness just below the tip of the acromion


Too much inflammation can decrease ROM


positive Drop arm test - CORRECT ANSWER ; Rotator cuff tear


Positive Empty Can/Thumb up Test - CORRECT ANSWER ; Rotator
cuff tear or Supraspinatus injury

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