Beware Deceptively โ€˜Simpleโ€™ Diagnoses

Beware Deceptively โ€˜Simpleโ€™ Diagnoses

A pair of recent news stores add up to a cautionary tale for clinicians inclined to assume ailments commonly identified in the urgent care setting pose no serious threats. One case resulted in the partial amputation of a childโ€™s leg, while the other cost a child her life. In Akron, OH a 6-year-old girlโ€™s strep throat was followed by a flu diagnosis. When her left leg began to swell and she begged her parents not …

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