Lab Values
NPTE Clinical Files | Physical Therapy
Kyle Rice
4.9 • 630 Ratings
🗓️ 10 April 2019
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Summary
Vicky is being seen in the hospital for a severe bacterial infection. Prior to today's treatment, the therapist is reviewing the patient's medical record.
The physical therapist is challenged with reviewing a medical chart and interpreting the available lab values.
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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 |
| 0:12.3 | PrEPP Coach, the founder of the PT Hustle and the creator of the MPT Prep Success Coaching |
| 0:17.3 | Program. 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 NPT clinical file, we have our patient, Vicki is, and Vicki |
| 0:33.0 | is being treated in the hospital for a severe bacterial infection. |
| 0:38.6 | The patient's recent lab values read hemoglobin 13 grams per deciliter. |
| 0:43.7 | The white blood cells are 5.5 cells per microliter. |
| 0:48.4 | You got platelets are 45 cells per microliter. |
| 0:51.0 | And then you have an LDL of 105 milligrams per decilator. |
| 0:56.9 | Which of the following is the best course of action? |
| 1:00.2 | So we have A, continue with treatment without exercise restrictions. |
| 1:05.8 | All right. |
| 1:06.1 | B is hold treatment, document the abnormal white blood cell count. |
| 1:10.7 | C is continue with treatment. Avoid prolonged stress. is hold treatment, document the abnormal white blood cell count. |
| 1:12.7 | C is continue with treatment. |
| 1:17.3 | Avoid prolonged stretching and resistive exercise. |
| 1:23.7 | And then D is hold treatment, document the abnormal platelet count, and request an immediate transfusion. |
| 1:24.7 | All right. |
| 1:25.0 | So we got quite a bit. |
| 1:26.5 | A lot of information in these answers choice. So we're going to have to break this one down, baby. All right. So we got quite a bit, a lot of information in these answer |
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