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NURS 5462 MSK Exam | Q&A Latest 2025/2026 | 100% PASS Readings and Review Materials - Answer -▪ Please refer to this website as you review this presentation—select the joint/body area to go along with the slides http://meded.ucsd.edu/clinicalmed/joints2.htm Taking the History - Answer -May or may not involve trauma, OLDCARTS Associated symptoms—warning signs - Answer -- History of substantial trauma—fracture, major soft tissue injury - Hot swollen joint—infection, RA, gout - Constitutional symptoms [fever, malaise, weight loss, fatigue]—infection, sepsis - Focal neurological weakness—radiculopathy - Diffuse weakness—degenerative, neoplastic disease, toxins Neurogenic pain [burning, numbness, paresthesia, asymmetric]— radiculopathy, entrapment, neuropathy - Claudication—peripheral arterial/vascular, stenosis, arteritis 4/8/201 Taking the History 2 - Answer -CHD - Medications: NSAIDS, Rx or OTC, HRT, calcium - LMP, menstrual cycles, menopause: female athletes, post-menopausal • PMH - Previous injury or trauma—fracture, surgeries, arthroscopy - Cancer, arthritis, sickle cell, osteoporosis, renal or neurologic disease Taking the History 3 - Answer -• FH - Congenital abnormalities of hip, foot - Scoliosis or back problems - Arthritis—RA, degenerative, ankylosing spondylitis, gout - Genetic—osteogenesis imperfecta, hypercalciuria ▪ Personal/Social - Work, exercise, hobbies 4/8/2018Tobacco, alcohol, drug use