25 year-old man presents to your office complaining of low b…
25 year-old man presents to your office complaining of low back pain and right leg numbness. He reports an acute onset of symptoms after lifting heavy boxes 4-days ago. Aside from back pain, he complains of an intermittent right leg numb sensation that has not worsened or improved since the initial incident. He denies leg weakness, abdominal pain, fever/chills, or bowel or bladder control problems. Physical exam: back – lumbar: no palpable vertebral tenderness. Left palpable para vertebral tenderness over L4-5 with some palpable muscle spasms. Left leg normal ROM, and anterior shin along with weakness in dorsiflexion of his right foot & great toe. The remainder of the physical exam is unremarkable and his history reveals no other reported deficits or symptoms. What is the best therapeutic recommendation by the NP?
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A nurse is reviewing a patient’s cardiac assessment and learns that the patient has an incompetent aortic valve, which allows backflow of blood from the left ventricle to the left atrium during ventricular systole. What condition does this most likely describe?
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