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A pregnant patient presents to the clinic for a return obstetric visit. The patient's pregnancy is complicated by several conditions, which were evaluated and managed during the encounter, includin...
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A patient with left side facial weakness and numbness, left arm and left leg weakness, right tongue deviation, left eye photophobia, and twitching on the left side of the face, was admitted for str...
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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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