Mus. Disorders LVN Word Scramble
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| Question | Answer |
| Osteoarthritis | most common form of arthritis, affects weight bearing joints. |
| Osteoarthritis | sometimes called the "wear and tear" disease or DJD |
| Osteoarthritis | Degeneration of articular cartilage with hypertrophy of the underlying and adjacent bone. |
| Osteoarthritis | bone surfaces rub together and bone grows as bone spurs |
| Osteoarthritis | bony nodules called Heberden's nodes and Bouchard's node |
| Medical Diagnosis | Plain x-rays may not show cartilage abnormalities |
| Signs and Symptoms | usually affects a single joint or only a few joints |
| Arthroplasty | total joint replacement |
| Most common joint replacement | hip and the knees |
| 6 P's | pain, pallor, parasthesia, pulselessness, paralysis, and poikilothermy |
| parasthesia | no sensation |
| poikilothermy | hot infection, cold no circulation |
| NSAIDS | aleve, ibprophen, bc power |
| replaced hips | must be kept in a position of abduction |
| affected leg kept in abduction to prevent | dislocation |
| instruct patients not to cross legs or flex hips more than 90 degrees | true |
| instruct patient not to cros legs or flex hips more than 45 degrees | false |
| CPM | continuous passive motion |
| CPM | hips flexion 30* or less, knee flexion less 90* |
| who removes first dressing? | dr. |
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