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Oh, my aching back!
I tried everything I could to diagnose my own problem. But there was one thing I missed.
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CASE & COMMENT: An athletic young woman with acute back pain
A healthy, athletic 24-year-old woman presents with acute low back pain that began after she stepped forward with her back fully extended while playing Ultimate Frisbee earlier in the day. The pain is midline, sharp, without radiation, and rates a 10 on a scale of 1 to 10. She denies direct trauma, lower-extremity numbness or tingling, and bowel or bladder dysfunction.
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Sprains and joint injections
Coding sprains and joint injections is a daunting task when you don't treat sports injuries on a daily basis. Here's the expert advice you need to code with confidence.
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Fever and "worst pain ever" in the chest: In one ED, out the other
You are the pediatric hospitalist at a community hospital, and the particular chart in your hands this morning belongs to a 6-year-old African-American boy admitted to your service the evening before by the pediatrician on call. The saga of this patient, who has no previous medical history, began four days earlier when he was brought to the emergency department by his family, complaining of fever and chest pain.
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