An 18-year-old male presents from a boxing match with right external ear pain and swelling after being struck in the head…
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A 45-year-old male presents to the emergency department with a chief complaint of a fishhook injury. He was fishing on the beach this morning and caught a large fish. When he attempted to unhook the fish, he accidentally embedded the fishhook into his left hand. He attempted to remove the hook unsuccessfully prior to arrival. His tetanus status is…
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“A 28-year-old female presents to the emergency department for a chief complaint of finger pain after getting her hand caught in her car door. She presents with pain and blueish discoloration to the proximal aspect of the right thumb fingernail…”
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On one of the last nights of my orthopedic rotation of intern year, I saw a 92-year-old lady who had fallen down two stairs at home…
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A 36-year-old female with no significant past medical history presents with pain and swelling to her right middle finger that has worsened over the last 3 days…
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