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The patient is a 25-year-old man who was involved in a high speed automobile accident. He presented to the Emergency Department and was admitted with an acute right subdural hematoma with compressi...
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The patient was found comatose after a choking incident. She was admitted and work-up revealed a large left frontotemporal hematoma and left middle cerebral artery aneurysm. At surgery, the left fr...
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The patient has a long history of morbid obesity and presents for surgical treatment. She underwent laparoscopic biliopancreatic diversion (BPD) with duodenal switch and laparoscopic vertical sleev...
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The patient presents for surgical correction of congenital dysplasia of the left hip. The surgeon performs a left periacetabular osteotomy. During surgery, incisions are carried out to loosen the a...
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The patient, who developed acute hypoxic respiratory failure and septic shock, underwent placement of an arterial line. The operative notes states that the upper artery was accessed using ultrasoun...
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A critically-ill transfer patient with an arterial catheter in place was connected to a pressure transducer for continuous monitoring of blood pressure (systolic, diastolic, mean and pulse pressure...
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A child presents to the pediatrician’s office with wheezing and coughing. The child does not have any history of asthma, bronchitis or other respiratory problem. Both parents smoke electronic cig...
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A pregnant patient, 38-week gestation, was admitted in active labor. She had a manually assisted vaginal delivery of a normal infant. The patient suffered a second degree perineal laceration during...
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We were given advice to assign a code for “hepatic failure with hepatic coma” anytime “hepatic encephalopathy” is documented. Is this correct?
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The patient presented for an esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) with endoscopic ultrasound (EUS). The flexible endoscope was passed under direct vision through the mouth and advanced to the second pa...
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