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What's Your Diagnosis?
Your last patient of the day is a 57-year-old woman
complaining of 4 hours of abdominal pain. She has a history of
hypertension and hyperlipidemia. Her medications include an
antihypertensive and her "high cholesterol pill." She
is noted to be restless and in mild distress with tachycardia,
which you attribute to pain. Her abdomen is diffusely tender, and
she has a moderate amount of blood on her urine dip. You order
labs and a KUB followed by an ultrasound to rule out a kidney
stone. She is medicated with morphine and is signed out to a
colleague with the plan to control her pain and check her
studies. When you follow up on her outcome the next morning, you
are reminded that the last patient of the day does not always get
the best assessment...
What Was Her Likely Outcome?
Are you up to the challenge? Submit your
answer via a comment at the "What's Your Diagnosis?"
blog to find out.
The answer will be posted on July 7th. Five winners
will be randomly chosen from the comments to receive a free copy
of the latest Emergency Medicine Practice issue, including
4 CME credits.
Be on the lookout for an email on July 7th that will
announce the answer and the winners of the free issue!
Good luck!
Kindest Professional Regards,
Andy Jagoda, MD, FACEP
Editor-In-Chief of EB Medicine's Emergency Medicine Practice
P.S. For more information on the "What's Your Diagnosis?"
challenge, click here.
P.P.S. For more information on receiving evidence-based diagnosis
and treatment recommendations designed to help you improve
patient care, click here.
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