The Skeptics' Guide to EM

OCTOBER 7, 2017

He is Ottawa Ankle Rule positive but the x-ray shows no fracture. The Ottawa Ankle Rules have been validated down to five years of age and can be used to safely rule out ankle fractures. Intervention: Early supervised physiotherapy and usual care * Comparison: Usual care (medical assessment, Reference: Brison et al.

Urgent Care 40

Urgent Care Emergency Department Fractures Wellness 40

Pediatric Education

MARCH 17, 2024

The grandmother who had been taking care of the child brought the child to clinic. The parent provided history by phone and noted that the boy had had radial head subluxation of the same elbow about 10 months previously and it had been reduced in the urgent care setting. He had been normal between the 2 events.

Dislocations 40

Dislocations Fractures Pediatrics Urgent Care 40

Sensible Medicine

AUGUST 25, 2023

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.

Hospitals 71

Hospitals Urgent Care Wellness Fractures 71

Urgent Care Ultrasounds

MAY 15, 2018

There was no chest tenderness at the site of the pain to indicate a rib fracture and no clinically detectable signs of pneumothorax. A man in his 80’s tripped and fell, landing on his chest. He complained of Rt anterior chest pain, worse with deep breathing and cough.

Ultrasounds 40

Ultrasounds Academics Fractures Wellness 40

Northwestern EM Blog

JANUARY 3, 2022

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.

Fractures 52

Fractures EMS Urgent Care Stroke 52