A 60-year-old male patient with a medical history of GERD, p…
A 60-year-old male patient with a medical history of GERD, presented to the clinic complaining of problems swallowing solid foods (dysphagia), regurgitating undigested food, halitosis, and palpable mass in the neck. The patient states, “If I massage the mass in the throat, the pressure that the mass causes subsides.” Based on the history and complaint of the patient, which study would provide the most information?
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A generally healthy 2-year-old child presents to the ED with pain, swelling and erythema over his left elbow. He was witnessed falling off a slide in the park one hour earlier. The caregiver applied ice, but the child continues to express pain with even simply touching the area. What is your next step as the PA on duty?
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Parents bring their obese 12-year-old son into your clinic. They state he has been limping and complaining of increasing left hip and groin pain, with some radiation to the knee. They have to fly to Samoa soon for a family wedding and hope to have the problem fixed before they leave. What condition appears to be present in the patient’s plain film below?
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