Hypercortisolism
NPTE Clinical Files | Physical Therapy
Kyle Rice
4.9 • 631 Ratings
🗓️ 29 May 2019
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Summary
Sandra is reviewing a patient's medical record who has a history of hypercortisolism and persistent weight gain.
The physical therapist is challenged with anticipating the potential findings in the patient's medical record.
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| 0:00.0 | You are now tuning in to the MPTE clinical files to mock MPTE-based questions told and solved |
| 0:07.0 | week by week. Thank you for tuning in to the MPT clinical files. My name is Kyle Rice, the MPT |
| 0:12.2 | prep coach, the founder of the PT Hustle and the creator of the MPT Prep Success Coaching Program. |
| 0:18.4 | And if you would like a free cheat sheet that goes along with this specific |
| 0:22.4 | question, tune in to the end of this episode. And I'm going to give you more information on how to |
| 0:27.7 | get that. All right. So for our next MPT clinical file, we have our physical therapist, Sandra, |
| 0:32.7 | and Sandra is reviewing a patient's medical record who is in the hospital for a right pelvic fracture. |
| 0:38.9 | The patient has a history of hyper-chortisolism and persistent weight gain. |
| 0:43.7 | Which of the following findings is the most consistent with the patient's medical record? |
| 0:48.5 | So we have A, thickening of bone in the face and thorax, B, hyponetremia, C, hyperglycemia, and D is dehydration. |
| 0:59.9 | All right, so let's knock this one out. |
| 1:02.1 | Sandra, she's our PT, is reviewing a patient's medical record who's in the hospital for a right pelvic fracture. |
| 1:08.0 | Now, I read that first sentence and I don't really see anything magical |
| 1:12.9 | there. I mean, it's pretty straightforward, right? And I don't really feel like that's helping me |
| 1:17.1 | out too much. Now, as I go to the second sentence, it says the patient has a history of hyper-chortisolism |
| 1:23.2 | and persistent weight gain. Now, this is where I really got to slow up, because if you want to win at the MPTE, |
| 1:30.4 | you have to understand conditions like hyper-cortisolism. |
| 1:35.1 | You have to, all right? |
| 1:37.2 | And so I want you to slow it real quick. |
| 1:38.9 | Think about this, please. |
| 1:40.9 | What is hyper-cortisolism? |
| 1:42.7 | What does that really mean? |
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