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A patient presents to the office with chief complaint of an inversion injury to the ankle. When considering to xray the injured ankle or not you review the Ottawa Ankle Rules for Ankle Injury Radiography. Which of the following findings would indicate the need for an ankle xray?

Select all of the correct answers consistent with a surgical referral in patients with PAD

A flexor is a muscle that:  

You are evaluating a 49 year old female who believes she has rheumatoid arthritis. The nurse practitioner completes a physical exam and makes a differential diagnosis of osteoarthritis. Which clinical manifestation ruled out osteoarthritis?

An adult patient complains of an acute headache that is described as “band-like”, feels like “someone is squeezing my head”, and is dull and constant. What is the most appropriate treatment recommendation for this type of headache? 

A pediatric patient presents to the clinic with cardiac defects resulting in right ventricular outflow tract obstruction with diagnosis of pulmonary valve stenosis, ventricular septal defect, aorta that overrides ventricular septum, and right ventricular hypertrophy; you suspect the following diagnosis?

When evaluating a patient’s knee you internally rotate the tibia and extend the knee. When doing this maneuver you note there is a painful click is felt over the lateral side of the knee joint. What maneuver are you performing and what is the most likely diagnosis?

What test is the most appropriate to evaluation for a supraspinatus tendon rupture?

A patient presents to the clinic complaining of lower extremity pain that occurs with walking. The patient has a history of smoking and on physical exam you note weak pulses, coolness of the lower extremities, and decreased hair growth. Your initial diagnosis is? 

What are the 6-Ps of PAD?