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Chuck needs a blood transfusion of Fluids 39 mL/hr.  You have to run the blood on a gravity fed system.   Calculate his drops per minute if you use a 15 gtt/mL set. [min] And gtt/sec [sec]

A 50 year old patient is seen by a PT for management of significant L knee stiffness 3 months after a surgical procedure.  The patient ambulates independently, has no weight bearing restrictions, and his goal is to return to work laying floor tiles. What is the most appropriate functional activity to begin with to test available knee flexion ROM during the Initial Examination of this patient? 

 A patient with obesity and balance deficits cannot tolerate lying prone.   What is the best alternate position to examine left (L) hip extension ROM in this patient? 

What is the most appropriate test for a patient who complains of acute pain and moderate swelling in the entire left lower extremity after being on bed rest for 1 week after a surgical resection of a cancerous lesion?

A patient with osteoarthritis presents with PROM loss at the hip joint in a capsular pattern.  What is the expected pattern of loss according to Cyriax? 

What is the correct patient position and goniometer alignment for Hip external rotation?

Some antipsychotic medications are associated with sedation (depression of a patient’s awareness to their environment and reduction of their responsiveness to external stimulation). Which of the following antipsychotic medications is least associated with sedation? 

An elderly man’s family brings him to an appointment with concern about his memory and functional impairment. The patient is diagnosed with a neurocognitive disorder, Alzheimer’s type. Before consenting to treatment with donepezil, the patient and his family ask how the medication works. What is the proposed mechanism of donepezil’s effects? 

Quantitative rating scales are used to monitor clinical status in schizophrenia. Which of the following statements about these scales’ use is schizophrenia is true? 

Antipsychotic medications may have extrapyramidal effects. However, the rate at which these effects occurs varies by drug. Which of the following antipsychotic drugs has the highest rate of extrapyramidal effects?