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ender18d 12-19-2013 18:05

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Originally Posted by Sacamuelas (Post 534534)
I didn't say some academic won't put that on a board exam. They like to pull out wild Dx for common symptoms for standardized tests... HaHa

We had all sorts of "what ifs" drilled into us as well during school.... they are good to know when you've run through a very thorough process of ruling out the more likely causes. :cool: Just trying to give some scale to the problem so that our members knew how unlikely IE is from dental procedures. :cool:

Roger that sir! This is some great real world info that may prevent me from pulling a zebra out of my back pocket on rounds one day and looking like a typical med student. :lifter

head 12-19-2013 18:29

I am sufficiently scared for the next time I have lower back pain.

Thank you.

PS, I like these scenarios and I like the fact that board members are taking the time to post these. I read through and don't understand. I'm a "take a knee and drink water" type of guy, but it's good to know that those common maladies may kill me.

PedOncoDoc 12-20-2013 04:37

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Originally Posted by ender18d (Post 534535)
Roger that sir! This is some great real world info that may prevent me from pulling a zebra out of my back pocket on rounds one day and looking like a typical med student. :lifter

We are often looking to see if you can keep the differential broad - we like hearing a medical student form a broad differential and a logical diagnostic plan that covers the common and most urgent causes and how to proceed from there if initial testing doesn't point to a cause.

I used to make sure that Munchausen (or Munchausen by proxy) and ingestion got on every differential in our "morning report" case exercises. :D

PedOncoDoc 12-20-2013 10:29

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Originally Posted by DocIllinois (Post 534592)
This is especially true of a practice with a specific anatomical concentration.

Like recreational gynecology? :D

PedOncoDoc 12-20-2013 12:32

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Originally Posted by Brush Okie (Post 534635)
This post is useless with out photograph documentation. :p

Where do you think the camera was positioned when my avatar photo was taken? :p :D

(for the record: my avatar is from the original "Bean" movie.)


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