Prescribing unnecessary medication
A 69-year-old woman came to her family physician for hip pain
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A 69-year-old woman came to her family physician for hip pain
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A patient with chronic pain, spinal injuries and procedures came to Anesthesiologist A for pain management.
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A 58-year-old woman came to Ob-gyn A for treatment of postmenopausal bleeding and dysmenorrhea.
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GOA pregnant woman arrived in the ED at or near term. She was experiencing one-minute, moderate contractions every three minutes.
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Dermatologist A performed a TCA chemical peel to minimize the appearance of a patient’s facial skin discolorations.
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A man living in a nursing home reported right leg pain. Staff documented a 2+ edema in his right foot and notified the facility's consulting physician.
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A 68-year-old man saw Orthopedic Surgeon A for pain in his right knee, leg, and lower back.
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A 42-year-old woman came to Ob-Gyn A with abnormal uterine bleeding and abdominal and pelvic pain.
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A general surgeon performed a sleeve gastrectomy and duodenal switch on a 35-year-old man.
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Watch NowA 51-year-old woman came to the ED with excessive vaginal bleeding, progressive diarrhea, and dizziness.
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A 50-year-old man came to a nephrologist for renal insufficiency. The patient's history included ankylosing spondylitis and scleroderma.
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WATCH NOWA 40-year-old man came to his family physician with complaints of left shoulder pain for two weeks. The physician ordered an MRI and administered an injection of methylprednisolone and lidocaine.
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A 62-year old man came to the ED with symptoms of a stroke.
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A 16-year-old boy came with his mother to dermatologist. The patient had face and back acne.
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A woman came to the ED in labor. Her scheduled cesarean delivery had been changed due to low amniotic fluids on a recent sonogram.
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A 35-year-old man came to the ED reporting right lower abdominal pain following exercise.
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A 35-year-old woman went to an obstetrics/gynecology practice for confirmation of pregnancy and prenatal care. She had a history of three prior pregnancies, with two ending in miscarriage.
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A 72-year-old woman with a history of diabetes came to the ED due to pain in her left eye.
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A 64-year-old man fell from a ladder and injured his left forearm. An x-ray showed a displaced fracture of radial and ulnar shafts.
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