You estimate from your patient’s history, symptoms, and diag…
You estimate from your patient’s history, symptoms, and diagnostic testing that she has a 60% pre-test probability of a ruptured ACL. After evaluating the patient and obtaining a positive finding on the Lachman’s Test, you determine she is 6 times more likely to have a ruptured ACL than your pre-test probability. This value would be expressed as a:
Read DetailsA 72 year-old male presents complaining that a “curtain” has…
A 72 year-old male presents complaining that a “curtain” has gone down over the top half of his field of vision in the right eye. The onset was sudden, approximately 2 hours ago. PE confirms that the patient has no vision in the top half of the visual field but normal vision in the bottom half of the right eye. Fundoscopic exam of the right eye shows that half of the retina appears normal, the other half is gray and opaque. PE of the left eye is normal. What is the most likely diagnosis?
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You work in a direct access outpatient orthopedic physical therapy clinic. You evaluate a patient with a positive finding according to the Ottawa Ankle Rules CPR, in which there is ankle pain and the patient is unable to take four steps both immediately following the injury and in your clinic. What would be your next step?
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