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A patient diagnosed with a fluid-filled cyst at the medial aspect of the left leg above the gastrocnemius presented to outpatient surgery for removal. The cyst was removed and a diagnosis of fibrin...
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A 71-year-old patient with a past history of benign prostatic hypertrophy was admitted for gross hematuria following catheter placement in the emergency department the day before admission. The pat...
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An 85-year-old patient who was admitted for open reduction with internal fixation (ORIF) of a hip fracture inadvertently pulled out their Foley catheter which resulted in hematuria. What are the co...
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A patient with a history of flap failure is seen in the outpatient clinic to check the right breast flap. Upon removal of the dressing, the skin peeled off completely exposing a poorly vascularized...
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A patient with hardware failure of a previous lumbar spinal fusion underwent revision of the L2-L3 interbody fusion. After exposing the previous hardware from L2 to the S2 alar iliac screws, the pr...
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A patient was admitted to hospital A due to persistent respiratory failure with rapid decompensation that required slash cricothyroidotomy and placement of an endotracheal tube. The patient was tra...
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An emergent cricothyroidotomy was performed at bedside due to cardiac arrest and the inability to access the airway. The patient had been extubated to bilevel positive airway pressure earlier in th...
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A patient with a diagnosis of factor V Leiden presented to the office for a follow-up encounter and the provider documented that the patient’s Coumadin was adjusted. When referencing "mutation, f...
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A patient with a recent history of cardiac ablation was admitted due to heart palpitations with concern for recurrent ventricular tachycardia. Multiple tests were performed, including an electrocar...
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A patient with iron deficiency anemia presented to the outpatient GI lab for an upper endoscopy. A few erosions were found in the duodenal bulb and biopsies were taken. The final diagnosis stated c...
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