Sports Medicine
Clinical Review
Pelvic Fractures-Preventing Complications
Serious pelvic fractures are associated with a high mortality rate and must be managed effectively, given the high incidence of concurrent...
Clinical Review
Evaluation of the Limping Child
Five cases highlight a range of etiologies for limp, a common symptom in children. This article examines how to determine treatment and evaluate...
Article
Pain and Swelling in Forearm
While playing with his brother, a boy fell on his right hand and appreciated a "snap" in his foreram. Since the fall, he has had pain and swelling...
Article
Severe Left Shoulder Pain While Weightlifting
A man experiences severe pain in his left shoulder that began during a weightlifting session. How would you interpret the image of his shoulder?...
Article
Two Patients With Pain and Wrist Deformity
After falling with outstretched arms, two patients present with pain and wrist deformities. What do the x-ray films tell you about their injuries...
Article
Severe Pain on Bottom of Foot
A young woman has had severe pain on the bottom of her right foot for 3 weeks but denies any history of trauma or injury. What do these...
Article
Severe Pain and Swelling in Hand After Fall
After falling on his right hand, a boy reports pain and swelling that he initially attributed to finger dislocation. What do these radiographs of...
Article
Four Patients With Ankle Fractures
Four patients present to your emergency department with ankle-twisting injuries. Try to identify each patient's fracture.
Clinical Review
Lumbar Back Pain: From the Common to the Critical
Emergency department experience teaches that most episodes of low back pain, as severe and temporarily disabling as they may be, are not...
Article
Painful "Pop" in Right Shoulder
Weeks after falling on her right shoulder, a middle-aged woman reports severe recurrent pain. How would you interpret this radiograph of her...
Article
Four Cases of Acute Shoulder Injury
Test your accuracy in identifying dislocation as you review these x-ray films from four different patients who presented with acute traumatic...