PT receives a consult for gait training with axillary crutch…
PT receives a consult for gait training with axillary crutches for a 68-year-old man. The PT reads the referral and decides the doctor is in error; the therapist decides that based on the patient’s age alone he isn’t appropriate for crutches and trains him with a walker instead. This would be an example of __________. [2 points]
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Last week the therapist sent her patient, who is 3 days post-op knee arthroplasty, to the emergency room after noting that the patient’s calf was red, swollen, and painful. The patient was diagnosed with a blood clot. Now when any patient presents with redness, swelling, and pain in the calf the therapist refers the patient to the emergency room to rule out a DVT regardless of other presenting factors. This would be an example of ___________ type of bias: [2 points]
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