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1. Under Pressure: Delayed Diagnosis of Compartment Syndrome after Lower Leg Fracture. | PSNet
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   November 25, 2020 - Under Pressure: Delayed Diagnosis of Compartment Syndrome after Lower Leg Fracture. … Under Pressure: Delayed Diagnosis of Compartment Syndrome after Lower Leg Fracture.. … Under Pressure: Delayed Diagnosis of Compartment Syndrome after Lower Leg Fracture.. … Over the next 12 hours, the patient’s leg pain worsened, and the leg became quite swollen. … Acute compartment syndrome of the leg.

2. Missed Compartment Syndrome after Steep Lithotomy Position for Laparoscopic Gynecological Surgery | PSNet
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   January 29, 2021 - If the legs become pale or foot pulses become weak or absent, the legs should be lowered and the mean … Changing from the lithotomy to the open leg position, limiting leg elevation, and horizontally repositioning … If the legs look pale or blue or the foot pulses become weak or non-palpable, the legs should be lowered … Augment blood pressure when the legs are elevated  Pressure in the lower legs decreases 0.78 mm Hg for … Elevating the legs above the heart reduces leg perfusion, so blood pressure should be augmented when

3. Mechanical Prosthetic Valve Thrombosis with Thromboembolism. | PSNet
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   August 21, 2005 - woman presented to her primary care physician with uncontrolled high blood pressure and a complaint of leg … referred to the emergency department (ED) for urgent computed tomography (CT) imaging of the right leg … By hospital day 3, the right leg became discolored and cold, leaving the patient in extreme discomfort … Two days later, she complained of excruciating pain and more discoloration covering the entire right leg … Her leg was cold and pulseless; her toes appeared to be turning black.

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   December 01, 2014 - Motor Leg: The limb is placed in the appropriate position: hold the leg at 30 degrees (always tested … Drift is scored if the leg falls before 5 seconds. … Each limb is tested in turn, beginning with the non-paretic leg. … Left Leg 6b. Right Leg ______ ______ 7. … to stroke is scored as abnormal and the examiner should test as many body areas (arms [not hands], legs

5. Isolated Clot, Real Error | PSNet
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   December 01, 2013 - On rounds, the team decided to order whole-leg Doppler ultrasounds of both lower extremities looking … A repeat ultrasound of the right leg showed resolution of the thrombosis. … This patient underwent whole-leg ultrasound in the workup of fever, which then revealed a superficial … However, guidelines recommend against obtaining routine whole-leg ultrasound when deep vein thrombosis … Don't obtain whole-leg ultrasound in the routine evaluation of suspected DVT 2.

6. A Stroke of Error | PSNet
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   February 01, 2016 - Motor Leg: The limb is placed in the appropriate position: hold the leg at 30 degrees (always tested … Drift is scored if the leg falls before 5 seconds. … Each limb is tested in turn, beginning with the non-paretic leg. … Left Leg 6b. Right Leg ______ ______ 7. … to stroke is scored as abnormal and the examiner should test as many body areas (arms [not hands], legs

7. Pregnant With Danger | PSNet
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   January 12, 2011 - pregnant, presented to the emergency department (ED) in the middle of the night complaining of left leg … Physical examination revealed her left leg was slightly cooler than the right leg but was otherwise unremarkable … revealed no evidence of deep venous thrombosis, but there appeared to be decreased blood flow to the leg … Ten percent of patients present with isolated leg ischemia as the initial symptom of an aortic dissection … However, in other circumstances, such as presentation with leg pain, the expertise of the emergency physician

8. Mismanagement of Delirium | PSNet
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   February 13, 2014 - Case An 85-year-old man with early stage vascular dementia fell on the sidewalk and fractured his leg … He was given crutches and instructions for no weight-bearing on the injured leg. … The patient continued to have constipation, mild dehydration, increased leg pain, and ingrown toenail … If soon after the patient was admitted with the leg fracture it was also known he had LBD, the clinical … Similarly, he had leg and toenail pain, and it is not clear if his pain was adequately managed.

9. Spinal Epidural Abscess | PSNet
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   November 13, 2019 - She described the pain as moderate-to-severe, radiating down the left leg and buttock. … She only partially recovered function of her legs and was mainly using a wheelchair. … of fever in a patient with new back pain is very concerning.( 8 ) Focal neurologic complaints (e.g., leg … Certainly, a focal neurologic finding (e.g., left leg weakness on examination) may be evidence of a SEA … WebM&M Cases Under Pressure: Delayed Diagnosis of Compartment Syndrome after Lower Leg

10. "Superficial" Report Leads to "Deep" Problem | PSNet
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    July 01, 2012 - The patient denied any recent trauma to her leg and had no fever or respiratory symptoms. … physical examination was significant for moderate pitting edema, mild erythema, and tenderness of the left leg … The patient was able to bear weight on the affected leg but had an antalgic gait (a limp adopted to avoid … thrombophlebitis and prescribed oral antibiotics along with elevation and warm compresses to the affected leg

11. Anchoring Bias With Critical Implications | PSNet
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    June 15, 2022 - On exam his left lower leg was dusky in color with extreme tenderness to palpation and his pulses could … The patient required emergent bypass surgery of the left leg by vascular surgery. … Unfortunately, due to ischemia (lack of blood flow from the arterial disease) of his leg, he developed … computer–assisted diagnosis program : "pain left foot, numbness left foot, foot drop, loss of sensation left leg

12. Active Error (or Active Failure) | PSNet
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    September 13, 2021 - This person may literally be holding a scalpel (e.g., an orthopedist operating on the wrong leg) or figuratively

13. Delayed Diagnosis of Kidney Transplant Complications | PSNet
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    January 29, 2020 - discharged home on POD 4, but on POD 9, during a clinic visit, the patient reported increasing left leg … His left leg was cool with absent pulses. … a strong EIA pulse after nephrectomy, there was an additional delay in diagnosis of his symptomatic leg

14. A Loss of Trust and a Missed Diagnosis | PSNet
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    October 31, 2023 - video twice for progressive pain—now 9 out of 10 in severity and limiting her ability to walk due to leg … She began experiencing balance problems and leg spasms such that she required use of a walker to ambulate … As her symptoms progressed to involve radicular symptoms with leg spasms, magnetic resonance imaging … and additional evaluation as the patient’s pain worsened and she developed new symptoms, including leg

15. Fumbled Handoff | PSNet
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    September 01, 2006 - That same day, she informed her nurse that she had developed left leg pain. … Later in the evening, the cross-covering intern was called concerning the left leg pain.

16. Interrogating and uprooting systemic racism in the emergency department. | PSNet
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    March 05, 2025 - WebM&M Cases Under Pressure: Delayed Diagnosis of Compartment Syndrome after Lower Leg

17. Raise the Bar | PSNet
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    May 29, 2024 - Without alerting the nurse, the patient tried to get up to use the restroom, but—because his leg was … mobilization without assistance.( 4 ) Temporary loss of muscle control reduces proprioception, decreases leg

18. Mortality and risk factors associated with misdiagnosis of acute aortic syndrome in Ontario, Canada: a population-based study. | PSNet
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    September 23, 2020 - WebM&M Cases Under Pressure: Delayed Diagnosis of Compartment Syndrome after Lower Leg

19. Implementation of ED I-PASS as a standardized handoff tool in the pediatric emergency department. | PSNet
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    November 16, 2022 - WebM&M Cases Under Pressure: Delayed Diagnosis of Compartment Syndrome after Lower Leg

20. Need for standardized sign-out in the emergency department: a survey of emergency medicine residency and pediatric emergency medicine fellowship program directors. | PSNet
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    May 27, 2011 - WebM&M Cases Under Pressure: Delayed Diagnosis of Compartment Syndrome after Lower Leg