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CLINICAL CHALLENGE CASE 1
CHALLENGE: In each issue, JUCM will challenge your diagnostic acumen with a glimpse of x-rays, electrocardiograms,
and photographs of dermatologic conditions that real urgent care patients have presented with.
If you would like to submit a case for consideration, please e-mail the relevant materials and present-
ing information to editor@jucm.com.
FIGURE 1.
A 2 1 ⁄ 2 -year-old child presents with a three-day
Ⅲ Decreased air entry over the left chest
history of cough but no fever.
View F i g u r e 1 , take these findings into account,
Upon examination, you find:
and consider what your next steps would be.
Ⅲ Oxygen percent saturation 95%
Resolution of the case is described on the next
Ⅲ Resting respiration 31/min
page. Ⅲ Pulse 145/min
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