Primary Hyperparathyroidism
NPTE Clinical Files | Physical Therapy
Kyle Rice
4.9 • 631 Ratings
🗓️ 14 November 2018
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Summary
Saphie is being seen post-MVA for neck and mid-thoracic pain. The patient has a history of primary hyperparathyroidism.
The physical therapist is challenged with determining what precautions are the MOST important when treating this patient.
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| 0:06.1 | Hey, PTs, is your repeat score less than 75%? And if it is, when you review your practice exams, |
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| 0:56.1 | follow is with our patient Safi. And Safi is being seen post-MVA for neck and mid-thoracic pain. |
| 1:03.9 | The patient has a known history of primary hyper-parathiroidism. Which of the following should |
| 1:10.6 | the therapist be the most aware of |
| 1:13.0 | during treatment? So we have A, presence of a goiter, B, hypocalcemia, C, osteoporosis, and D, uncontrolled |
| 1:23.8 | hypotension. Now, for this specific case, again, we have our patient Safi being seen |
| 1:30.0 | post-MVA for neck and mid-thoracic pain. Now, does that really mean much to you right now? Like, |
| 1:36.5 | is that screaming anything out to you? I mean, all that's telling me is that potentially we have |
| 1:40.8 | this musculoskeletal disorder, obviously affecting the neck and the mid thoracic area. |
| 1:45.2 | I don't really know much at this point. I just know that the patient has pain. All right? |
| 1:50.7 | So let's continue down the question. It says the patient has a known history of primary hyper-thyroidism. |
| 1:59.2 | And that's where we need to slow up because we need to make |
| 2:02.5 | the determination as to, well, what does this really mean for me? Like, what do I really know |
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