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Friday Reflection 28: Four of the Things Patients Have Taught Me

Sensible Medicine

I was proud that I made the diagnosis of temporal arteritis after her presentation had stumped doctors in an urgent care, an emergency room, and in a rheumatology clinic. Over the years following her diagnosis, CT developed an impressive array of complications from the prednisone: hypertension, diabetes, a spinal compression fracture.

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Running Injuries

Northwestern EM Blog

climbing stairs) Diagnosis: Anterior patella tenderness; pain with patellar grind test , deep knee flexion EM differential: meniscus injury, stress fracture, ligamentous injury Initial treatment: home exercise program or formal physical therapy to strengthen quadriceps, core, and hip abductors.