Hypothyroidism

NPTE Clinical Files | Physical Therapy

Kyle Rice

Health & Fitness

4.9 • 631 Ratings

🗓️ 14 March 2018

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

Shirley is a 48-year-old female who has a past medical history of hypothyroidism. She has non-pitting edema, dry skin, and poor peripheral circulation.

The physical therapist is challenged with recalling the signs and symptoms consistent with hypothyroidism while using critical thinking to eliminate attractive answer choices.

Which examination finding should we expect to find with our patient?

This is what we will uncover in this excellent episode based on evaluating a patient with hypothyroidism

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0:05.2	takes out the guesswork of MPTE preparation, allowing the unlicensed physical therapist to get a
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0:36.1	Again, that is the pthustle.com forward slash services. Again, that is the pthustle.com forward slash services.
0:41.4	The NPT clinical files is intended to be used as a learning resource for unlicensed physical
0:46.5	therapist preparing for the national physical therapy examination. The NPTE clinical
0:51.0	files is intended literally for entertainment and educational purposes only.
0:55.7	No clinical decision making should be based on only one source.
1:00.0	Therefore, this podcast should not be used as the sole source of personal, clinical, legal, or medical advice.
1:07.4	While care has been taken to ensure the accuracy of all answers and rationales,
1:12.6	on a rare occasion, mistakes and factual errors can be present as we are only human. From the creator
1:19.0	of the PT hustle, this is NPTE Clinical Files, one mock MPTE based question told and
1:26.2	solved week by week.
1:28.1	Thank you for tuning in.
1:29.1	Kyle Rice here, the MPTE prep coach, the founder of the PT hustle and creator of the
1:34.4	NPTE-P-P-Success course.
1:36.4	If you haven't already joined the Smart MPTE Prep group that's on Facebook, you need to do so now.
1:44.3	Every single week we go through challenge questions just like these clinical files,
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