Musculoskeletal Case Studies
Name:
Directions:
Listen to the Presentations on the Musculoskeletal System. Read the Case Studies
and fill in your answers to the 5 questions. Submit this file to the assignment for this course.
1.
Your patient is a known substance abuser who was found unresponsive on the floor.
Following transport to the hospital, labwork was performed. You receive a call that her
CPK level is >8000 (normal 5-25 u/ml). What could cause this and why does the CPK
level go up so high? (1 point)
2.
You receive a phone call from one of your clinic patients, age 72, who is requesting pain
pills. While she was lifting groceries, she had a sudden severe pain in the “middle of her
back”. What might be the cause of the pain and what disease could cause this? (1 point)
3.
Your patient, a 68 year old man, had a routine complete metabolic panel performed at
the clinic. The alkaline phosphatase and calcium levels are mildly elevated. Is this
anything to be concerned about? Why? (1 point)
4.
You are seeing a 24 year old man who has pain and swelling in his wrist, and a low
grade fever. He tells you that the family dog bit him about 2 weeks ago. The wound was
washed and medicated at that time. What type of complication could be developing?
How did this happen? (1 point)
5.
Your 80 year old patient with osteoarthritis tells you that he has stopped doing regular
exercise due to joint pain. He asks “What good is exercise at my age anyways?” What
do you tell him? (1 point)
