A 70-year-old patient with a past medical history of hypertension and hyperlipidemia presents to physical therapy with reports of dull pain, aching, and cramping in bilateral lower extremities. Their symptoms worsen when they ambulate more than two blocks, and are relieved with sitting to rest. The patient can tolerate walking on a treadmill with no incline for 4 minutes before onset of symptoms. With the treadmill inclined, the patient can tolerate walking for 1 minute before onset of symptoms. How should these findings be interpreted?

All of the following are risk factors for osteoporosis EXCEPT:

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A patient presents to physical therapy with acute onset low back pain that radiates to their left foot. The patient displays the following posture. They relate that they started feeling crooked around the same time that they developed their lower back and leg pain. Which intervention would be BEST to manage this patient’s condition?

Lecithin prepares fats for hydrolysis by forming __________.

Necessary for Vitamin B 12 absorption, __________ is/are secreted by __________ cells.

Pretend that you are an intern covering the intensive care unit, you have just drawn blood from a patient’s radial artery to measure his blood gases and pH. Results reveal that the CO2 is high, the pH is low, and the O2 is within normal limits. The patient is on a mechanical ventilator. Which adjustment to the mechanical ventilator should you order the respiratory therapist to make for this patient?

What muscles are used for quiet expiration?

Pancreatic enzymes are secreted in response to a hormone called __________.

The muscle tone of the __________ along the colon contracts it lengthwise, causing its walls to bulge and form pouches called __________.