Practice Management
The patient is a male who presents complaining of pain in his feet. He claims he fell from a ladder. He declines to provide further details, except to say that the distance he fell was not high. View the x-ray taken and consider what your diagnosis and next steps would be.
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The patient is an 82-year-old man who presents after having fallen backwards and landing on his back. He did not lose consciousness; nor did he vomit. The patient enters the clinic using a walker, which he reports using on a regular basis. Examination reveals an abrasion over his forehead and over the anterior right tibia. The neurological exam shows no acute changes. The patient is specifically tender over the shoulder, but there is no spiny …
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The patient is a 15-year-old boy who experienced a blow to both ankles and the right knee two days ago. You observe that he can bear weight only minimally, with tenderness over the lateral and medial malleolus, as well as over the knee. You also observe there is marked swelling. View the x-ray taken and consider what your diagnosis and next steps would be.
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The patient is a 3-year-old girl who fell from a bicycle, receiving a blow to the elbow a short time before presentation. You note marked swelling and local tenderness over the elbow. The only other remarkable finding is a pulse of 132. View the x-rays taken and consider what your diagnosis or next steps would be.
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The patient is a 9-year-old girl who presents after experiencing a fall and a blow to her right chest. She complains of pain on deep breathing. On exam, you find a pulse of 103, and SAT of 96. She is not in respiratory distress; her chest exam is clear. She has an abrasion over her right chest. The patient is generally healthy, is on no medications, and has no significant past medical history. View the …
Read MoreThe patient is a 32-year-old male who woke up at 1 a.m. with a burning sensation in the mid-chest (a first-time event, he reports). The patient is not diaphoretic, and has no dyspnea. He is generally healthy and has no known risk factors for heart disease. His physical exam is unremarkable. In addition, you find: BP: 154/102 Pulse: 68 Sat: 99% Temperature: 97.3°F View the electrocardiogram taken (Figure 1) and consider what your next steps …
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The patient is a 26-year-old male who slipped and twisted his left ankle. He is unable to bear weight on the ankle and there is marked local swelling circumferentially around the ankle. Otherwise, he is generally healthy. View the x-ray taken and consider what your diagnosis and next steps would be.
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The patient is a 10-year-old boy who received a blow to the forearm when he fell at home. He presents with local swelling and tenderness on exam, complaining of severe pain in his wrist. View the x-rays taken and consider what your diagnosis and next steps would be.
Read MoreThe patient is a 17-year-old male who presents with a complaint of throat pain. He reports a history of colitis, for which he was treated with mesalamine and prednisone, 20 mg/day. On exam, you discover that he is also experiencing pressure over his chest. Blood pressure is 97/60, pulse is 93, and SAT is 97%. He is afebrile. you find no abnormalities except for crepitations over his left shoulder soft tissue. View the x-ray taken …
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The patient is a 14-year-old who took a fall two hours before presenting. The left ankle is swollen, painful, and unable to bear weight, but the patient is otherwise healthy. Further examination reveals nothing remarkable. View the x-ray taken and consider what your diagnosis and next steps would be.
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