Practice Management
The patient is a 43-year-old man who presents with a cough and a general complaint of “body aches” that began “a few weeks ago.” He denies sick contacts or symptoms associated with COVID-19, other than a temperature of 100.4⁰F that precipitated his visit your urgent care center. 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 boy whose mother brings him to your urgent care center, reporting that her son has to be coaxed to stand and to walk because he says his foot hurts. She is not aware of any injury, or possible mechanism of injury. You observe that the boy is limping. Review the x-ray taken and consider what your diagnosis and next steps would be.
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Case A mother brought her 7-year-old daughter to the pediatric urgent care center after noticing that several of the girl’s toenails on each foot had white patches and appeared short and broken. They seemed to be lifting off the nail beds and looked thinner than usual. View the image taken and consider what your diagnosis and next steps would be. Resolution of the case is described on the next page.
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A 60-year-old female with a history of hypertension and diabetes presents to urgent care with fatigue and weakness for 1 day. Her son states she has not been able to get out of bed today because she’s “too tired to walk.” She denies any complaints of chest pain, nausea, vomiting, shortness of breath, or fever. View the ECG taken and consider what your diagnosis and next steps would be. Resolution of the case is described …
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The patients is a 32-year-old man who presents with pain in his left thumb after skiing. He reports that he took a fall, instinctively extending his left arm out to cushion the blow. View the thumb x-ray taken and consider what your diagnosis and next steps would be. Resolution of the case is described on the next page.
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The patient is a 10-year-old boy who presents with pain in his right knee after twisting his leg during a backyard football game. View the image taken and consider what your diagnosis and next steps would be. Resolution of the case is described on the next page.
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The patients is a 25-year-old woman who presents with 1 month of smooth, red-brown plaques on her elbows and the tops of her feet which are pruritic. The lesions are round with a slightly darker ring on the outside, with no scaling or significant surface change to the skin. She has no systemic symptoms. View the image and consider what your diagnosis and next steps would be. Resolution of the case is described on the …
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A 74-year-old female presents to urgent care complaining of two episodes of chest pain in the past 2 days. The pain is midsternal, squeezing, does not radiate, and began at rest. The patient denies associated nausea, vomiting, diaphoresis, cough, lower extremity swelling or pain. Personal medical history is remarkable for hypertension, asthma, and diabetes. View the ECG ordered and consider what your diagnosis and next steps would be. Resolution of the case is described …
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The patient is a 28-year-old male who presents with a complaint of diarrhea and a 1-week history of abdominal pain. He reports no food allergies, recent travel, or known exposure to sick contacts. View the images taken and consider what your diagnosis and next steps would be. Resolution of the case is described on the next page.
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The patient is a 28-year-old man who presents with 3 days of progressive fever (101.2⁰F) and difficulty swallowing. View the image taken and consider what your diagnosis and next steps would be.
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