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The Wrong Punch Line
It was another afternoon in the ER when we met our 13 year old male patient who was accompanied by his mother for abdominal pain. More specifically, the pain was regional to the left-sided flank area with no associated symptoms. The initial suspicion for flank pain is usually kidney stones. But was it really kidney…
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Saturday Night Live
There is absolutely no way to know what to expect when you walk into an emergency room. There can be a trend of kidney stone patients, children with flu-like symptoms, and if it’s a weekend most likely a stream of EtOH intoxication patients. But this night… this was an interesting night.
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