“In one overnight shift on the orthopedics service, our team evaluated three different pediatric patients with the same underlying injury: a femoral fracture. But, the management of all three children was different and the underlying reason for the different management: age….”
Read MoreShe goes to see the patient, a 27 year old male with no past medical history who spent the afternoon surfing. He was walking back to his car barefoot and stepped on something that made him jump. He has no idea what it could be but “it’s still in there doc!” …
Read MoreA 12 year old male presents to the ED from an outside hospital (OSH) after accidentally ingesting 3 ‘buckyballs‘ while playing with a toy just prior to arrival…
Read MoreAn elderly man reported to the emergency room after a fall down 15 stairs at home. He was more confused than his baseline but otherwise did not have any specific complaints. Vitals and labs were within normal limits. A non-contrast CT of the brain and C-spine was performed and read as normal…
Read MoreA 50-year-old female presents to the emergency department complaining of two days of gradually worsening left lower quadrant abdominal pain. She endorses anorexia and multiple episodes of vomiting. She is slightly tachycardic, but afebrile. She is noted to have tenderness to palpation to the left lower quadrant but no significant rebound or guarding. Given her presentation, diverticulitis becomes the leading differential diagnosis, although renal colic is also a possibility. For that reason a non-contrast CT scan of the abdomen/pelvis is ordered for further evaluation…
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