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| Very painful sores in mouth, throat, stomach. Can be painful to talk. Can be caused by chemo |
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| rehab. frame of reference; adaptive self-care to offset steady declines |
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| improve or maintain comfort in terminal stages. |
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| Looking for cure for people in remission |
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| __________ can impair mastication, swallowing, taste, smell |
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| • Radical neck dissection or glossectomy |
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| macrocytic anemia, leukopenia, ulcerative stomatitis can indicate: |
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| • folic acid deficiency; methotrexate |
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| paresthesias, neuropathy, and heart failure can indicate: |
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| Bleeding abnormalities can indicate: |
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| Over 80% of lung, colorectal, and prostate CA have _____ |
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| Clinical manifestations: polyuria, nocturia, polydipsia, anorexia, fatigue: |
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| Quality of Life assessment used with cancer pts: |
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| • Farrens and powers assessment created by nurses; Likert scale |
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| Peripheral neuropathy medication: |
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| Narcotics often_______________ in treatment of severe CA pain |
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| Used for painful dysesthesias from tumor infiltration of a nerve. |
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| • TENS(transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation). |
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Carcinoma in upper lung encroaches on nerves that supply arm.
Pt’s get severe pain down medial arm
Radiation and surgery usually needed |
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Irreversible condition occurs 9-18 mo after radiation tx.
Pain usually not an issue
Prompt initiation of steroid therapy with early symptoms may lessen severity of motor and sensory loss; weakness |
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| Common to withhold resistive exercises when |
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| What is of primary concern prior to amputation? |
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| • Avoidance of immobility and deconditioning |
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| Tibial rotationplasty used in pediatric population to provide functional “knee joint” after resection of tumors above knee. |
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| Resection of proximal humerus, partial or total scapulectomy, and claviculotomy, with humeral prosthesis fixed to chest wall or clavicle. |
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| • Tikhoff-Lindberg Procedure |
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| ____account for greater than 40x more cases than all other primary tumors combined. |
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| _____ accounts for most bone mets |
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| most common primary in adults arising within bone marrow |
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| osteosarcoma, Ewings are common primaries in this population: |
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| Persisting or increasing pain with weight bearing despite completion of radiotherapy should alert the therapist to: |
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| • an increased risk for fracture and possible need for prophylactic fixation. |
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| Don’t do strength testing w/ someone with ___________ |
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| Pain caused by tumor is typically worse when lying down. Pt’s may be awakened from sleep; some may describe need to sleep in sitting position. Radiographs will help dx. |
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| usually with associated radicular pain. |
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| When should you suspect epidural spinal cord compression in a CA pt with back pain? |
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| With epidural cord compression, all pt’s require |
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| • urgent IV steroid therapy. |
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| Despite advances in treatment, most pt’s with glioblastoma multiforme or high grade astrocytomas ______ |
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| • survive less than 2 yrs; so, rehab goals should encompass this pattern of decline. |
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| These are cited by family members more than ambulation, b/b, ADL’s, or aphasia: |
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| • Memory losses, reasoning and problem-solving skills, decreased energy or initiative, and inability to return to work |
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| Caused by excision of lymph channels, inflammation of involved tissues, and coagulation of lymph. Fibrosis of breast tissue by radiation and local infection can also contribute. |
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| • Postmastectomy Lymphedema |
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| Conservative Tx for Lymphedema |
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• Elevation, compression wrapping, manual lymph drainage massage techniques, and low resistance exercise of the distal musculature
• Some centers use sequential compression pumps with good results
• Lymphedema treatments should be monitored for shortness of breath and significant pain
• Eventually, custom support sleeve worn daily and should be changed every 6 months! |
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