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		<title>Case #166 “Back Badness” by Charlene Babcock, MD, FACEP</title>
		<link>http://emspecialists.com/wordpress/?p=338</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Mar 2012 20:51:19 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Hematological / Oncologic / Endocrine]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A 45 y/o female presents with back pain for two weeks. She was helping her sister move, carrying boxes back and forth to a truck, when she suddenly developed severe back pain radiating down her left leg. The pain was so severe she stumbled and fell onto her left side, which made the pain even [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Case #165 “UDS” by Charlene Babcock, MD, FACEP</title>
		<link>http://emspecialists.com/wordpress/?p=326</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:14:47 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Medical Emergencies]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[At the 7AM turnover, you are signed out a 22 y/o female who is ‘likely high on drugs’. EMS notes they were called for altered mental status, and on their arrival she was disoriented and crying out, and they were having problems getting her to answer simple questions. She was in the upstairs bathroom, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Case #164 “Don’t forget the ROS!&#8221; by Charlene Babcock Irvin, MD, FACEP</title>
		<link>http://emspecialists.com/wordpress/?p=313</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 21:37:19 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[OB/GYN and Surgery]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A 63 y/o male presented with a chief complaint of left leg pain. Nurses triage note stated: “Complaints of pain all over, refuses to walk, states pain 10 out of 10, appears comfortable in wheelchair.&#8221; VS:  BP 110/80 HR=115 RR=24 Temp=37.0C Sat=96% He was lying still in bed with his eyes shut when I entered [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Case #163 “Rat Bite Fever” by Patrick Butcher, MD and Charlene Babcock Irvin, MD, FACEP</title>
		<link>http://emspecialists.com/wordpress/?p=304</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 20:18:56 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Medical Emergencies]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I’ve gone back to school, so I’ve not been keeping up with these cases, and I apologize to everyone. I’m doing a basic science fellowship (working with rats) and simultaneously getting a Masters in Biostatistics. But now I’m trying to get back on target. Working with rats is strange, but I’m finally getting used to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Case #162 “Don’t Let Her Get the Gun!” by Charlene Babcock Irvin, MD, FACEP</title>
		<link>http://emspecialists.com/wordpress/?p=258</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 May 2011 13:52:02 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Trauma]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A nurse calls you about a 42 y/o female currently in the observation section of the emergency department.  She is a psychiatric patient who needs to be medically cleared before she can be transferred to an inpatient psychiatric service.  She initially presented with chest pain, had some non-specific EKG changes, and a strong family history.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Case #161 “Return Visit for Vicoden Refill” by Charlene Babcock Irvin, MD, FACEP</title>
		<link>http://emspecialists.com/wordpress/?p=246</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Apr 2011 13:15:20 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Medical Emergencies]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A 37 y/o male presents for a prescription refill.  He was in the ED last week for vague leg pain, was given Vicoden for pain, and now returns for a refill of his pain medication as his leg is still hurting him.  He denies any trauma, and notes the leg began to bother him about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Case #160 “Off to the Races!” by Charlene Babcock Irvin, MD, FACEP</title>
		<link>http://emspecialists.com/wordpress/?p=223</link>
		<comments>http://emspecialists.com/wordpress/?p=223#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Mar 2011 19:58:56 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Medical Emergencies]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A nurse grabbed me to see a patient who needed to be seen immediately. As I walked into the room, I saw an anxious young female (37 year old), holding her chest, tears in her eyes, and diaphoretic.  A quick look at the monitor and it was clear why.  The monitor revealed a narrow complex, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Case #159 “I Don’t Want to Stay.” by Charlene Babcock Irvin, MD, FACEP</title>
		<link>http://emspecialists.com/wordpress/?p=212</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Feb 2011 20:07:46 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Medical Emergencies]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A 41 year old male presents to the hospital for evaluation of a headache that he had last week.  The headache is gone, but he followed up with his doctor, and he ordered an MRI, which revealed a possible aneurysm.  So he sent him to the ED for evaluation.  He is completely normal now, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Case #158 “He’s Not Himself!” by Charlene Babcock Irvin, MD, FACEP</title>
		<link>http://emspecialists.com/wordpress/?p=185</link>
		<comments>http://emspecialists.com/wordpress/?p=185#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Jan 2011 19:08:10 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Trauma]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A 63 year old male presents with a chief complaint of ‘needs a checkup’.  He has a history of alcoholism, and alcohol related seizures, and was admitted three weeks ago after a fall and seizure.  At that time, CT revealed a small subdural hematoma.  He was observed in the ICU, no progression was noted, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Case #157 “Infant Cough” by Charlene Babcock Irvin, MD, FACEP</title>
		<link>http://emspecialists.com/wordpress/?p=179</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Jan 2011 13:27:35 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Pediatric]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On the last day of a trip to visit my sister and her newborn son, I noticed he had a slight cough.  He coughed again as I as I grabbed my luggage from her car at the airport. “It almost sounds like RSV,” I casually commented. “Don’t even say that…he is fine….that’s just what I [...]]]></description>
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