A 68-year-old male with a past medical history of HTN, HLD presents reporting severe bilateral upper extremity pain…
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A 69-year-old female with a history of hypertension presents to the ED with near syncope. She had been walking around Newport on a hot day with her family when she began to feel lightheaded. Her family noted that she appeared pale and diaphoretic. She did not lose consciousness but she continued to feel weak and was brought to the emergency department…
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A 46-year-old male with no past medical history presents to the ED via ambulance after crashing his bicycle. He was traveling at 25 mph when a dog ran out in front of him, causing him to swerve and fall onto his left side. He was helmeted and did not lose consciousness…
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A 51-year-old male with no past medical history presents to the ED with wrist pain after a fall. Earlier today, he lost his balance and fell down 12 stairs, landing on his outstretched hand. He has had increasing swelling of the radial aspect of his left wrist as well as extreme pain with movement. He did not strike his head or lose consciousness, and reports no other injuries…
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A 33-year-old male presents to the ED with ongoing left lower extremity pain and a few days of malaise. He has a history of bipolar I disorder, as well as chronic alcohol, tobacco and marijuana use. He first presented to his primary care doctor six days ago with erythema and pain over the left medial malleolus. At that time he had no other symptoms and physical exam was otherwise unremarkable. He was treated for presumed cellulitis with doxycycline, which he took at half of the prescribed dose due to a miscommunication with his doctor…
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