Pt w/ metastatic breast cancer, neck, thoracic, B shoulder, R elbow, B hip, L knee, and L ankle pain; 2x dizziness, neuropathy, extensive fall/injury hx, surgical hx, and cancer treatment. Chose to tackle her dizziness first for pt safety & to prevent it from limiting treatment
Pt with metastatic SCC is feeling hopeless because she was not admitted into a clinical trial at UCLA. Been slowly teaching her how to manage her end of life care. She has an overbearing family bringing her to PT unwillingly. How do approach managing this pt?
Pt is a y/o female with B LE (R>L) edema s/p R THA with revisions due to infection, now w/ antibiotic spacer. I did not differential diagnose of edema. Pt with many commodities that contribute to swelling, including medications, venous overload, and more. Referred to cardiologist
Pt is a 37 y/o female dx w/ B breast CA s/p B mastectomy w/ TE placement in 8/2018. Pt presents w/ severely lim R sh A/PROM. Stubblefield et al. 2006 overviews UE pain in pts w/ breast cancer. How do you educate your pt about adhesive capsulitis and does that change w/ a CA dx?