The overly thin sheep or goat is a common presentation for veterinary intervention, either as the client’s chief complaint or a finding during other herd work. Poor body condition is a non-specific sign caused by a wide variety of underlying pathophysiologic processes. Definitive diagnosis and successful treatment or herd interventions will be facilitated by using a step-wise, problem-based app...

The patient was a 31-year-old man who was currently serving in the military. He was referred to a physical therapist by his primary care physician for a chief complaint of left anterior knee pain. Due to concern over a loose body, the physical therapist ordered radiographs of the left knee, which revealed an osseous fragment.

To validate the utility of a chief complaint-based emergency department surveillance system, we compared it with respiratory diagnostic data and calls to Telehealth Ontario about respiratory disease. This local syndromic surveillance system accurately monitored status of respiratory diseases in the community and contributed to early detection of respiratory disease outbreaks.

Objective 1) To identify carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning in three most affected New York State (NYS) counties (Nassau, Suffolk, and Westchester) during and immediately after Hurricane Sandy with hospital emergency department (ED) chief complaint data reported daily to the New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH). 2) To explore the relationship between power outage and the numbers of CO-relat...

The patient is a 42 year old female with metastatic breast carcinoma with progressive metastatic brain disease requiring prolonged corticosteroid therapy. Her chief complaint was bilateral aching shoulder pain. Past history was also positive for diabetes mellitus, anemia, radical mastectomy, and gamma knife surgery for brain metastases. Medications included decadron, lamotrigine, oxycodone, fen...

DESCRIPTION A 64-year-old man presented to the emergency department after fall with a chief complaint of left wrist pain. On physical examination, the patient was found to have swelling and tenderness of his left radial wrist. He denied any paresthesias, tingling, or numbness.

We report a case of spontaneous spinal epidural abscess (SEA) with initial chief complaint of shoulder pain and no appreciable neurologic symptoms. Since outcomes of SEA appear to be related to the degree of neurologic deficit at the time of intervention, we explore opportunities for earlier diagnosis.

DESCRIPTION A 7-year-old boy was brought to the emergency department with a chief complaint of vomiting multiple times over the previous 24 hours. He had been struck in the face by his elder brother's knee while wrestling the day prior.

DESCRIPTION A 44-year-old man, right hand dominant, presented to the emergency department with a chief complaint of left hand pain status post crush injury to left hand between heavy metal objects at the workplace. The patient was found to have a left long finger distal tip amputation with concomitant transverse distal phalangeal fracture and intact sterile and germinal matrix.

This article reports the orthodontic treatment ofa 25-year-old female patient whose chief complaint was the inclination of the maxillary occlusal plane in front view. The individualized vertical placement of brackets is described. This placement made possible a symmetrical occlusal plane to be achieved in a rather straightforward manner without the need for further technical resources.