Journal of Urgent Care Medicine

When X-Rays Lie: Important Orthopedic Diagnoses to Consider with Normal Imaging

Urgent message: Musculoskeletal pain is a common urgent care complaint, with x-rays very commonly ordered. However, a “normal” image does not necessarily support eliminating what could be a serious injury from the differential diagnosis. Arun Sayal, MD, CCFP(EM) Citation: Sayal A. When X-Rays Lie: Important Orthopedic Diagnoses to Consider with Normal Imaging. J Urgent Care Med. 2022;16(7):13-16. Medical tests lie. Not intentionally, of course, but their result may not align with reality. A test may …

Urgent Care Specialties Meld as a Ped Orthopedic Center Prepares to Open in California

We’ve seen pediatric urgent care take root. Orthopedic-oriented urgent care centers continue to flourish. Now the Orthopaedic Institute for Children (OIC) expects a combination of the two will offer patients the best of both worlds, and is set to start construction in Los Angeles on a new pediatric orthopedic urgent care center that will more than double the size of the current ortho trauma wing. In addition to projecting the facility will help OIC keep …

A Female with Coccyx Pain

A 48-year-old woman presents with lower sacral and coccyx pain one day after a fall in which she says she simply “missed” the edge of a chair and landed on the floor at a party. View the images taken and consider your next steps, along with possible diagnoses.