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An eight-year-old boy came with his mother to a local ED with pain in his lower left leg from a fall earlier that day.
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An eight-year-old boy came with his mother to a local ED with pain in his lower left leg from a fall earlier that day.
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A 33-year-old woman came to the ED reporting bilateral abdominal pain, back pain, and shortness of breath.
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A 62-year old man came to the ED with symptoms of a stroke.
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A 77-year-old woman came to her family physician reporting a lump in her right breast.
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A 40-year-old man came to an internal medicine physician and reported feeling weak and tired.
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Browse CoursesA 35-year-old man came by ambulance to the ED reporting headache and dizziness.
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The patient claimed that the physician told him that the rectal bleeding was due to his diverticulosis and was not life threatening.
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Request a QuoteA 64-year-old woman came to the ED. She had undergone back surgery five days earlier.
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An eight-year-old girl was brought to the ED with a groin injury from a bicycle accident.
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A 17-month-old girl was brought her pediatrician to complete vaccinations, a visit documented as “vaccines only.”
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The first documented assessment of the patient in the ED revealed a temperature of 97.9 degrees; pulse 53; respirations 20; blood pressure 147/77 mm Hg; oxygen saturation 97%.
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The patient sought treatment from a dermatologist for a scaly plaque on his scalp
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On June 1, a 35-year-old woman fell while stepping off a boat, injuring her chin, jaw, wrist, and hand. She went to an urgent-care clinic for treatment.
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A 40-year-old woman came to her ob-gyn for a well-woman visit and requested breast cancer susceptibility gene testing.
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Failure to recognize symptoms of ureteral injury; Guidelines for the release of medical records
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Failure to diagnose melanoma in a timely manner; Law requires Texas physicians to query PMP before prescribing opioids and other drugs
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