Yesterday I saw a 9 year old girl with abdominal pain. As I examined her abdomen I asked if it hurt when I pushed. She said yes. I said, Okay, scale of 1 to 10, how much does it hurt? She said 8.
She was completely well-appearing so I then backed up and said, Okay, scale of 1 to 10 with 1 being a paper cut and 10 being a train just sliced off your legs.
She got wide eyed and said 3.
Her mom asked if the real doctor could come in then.
February 7, 2009 at 8:14 pm |
She totally has PID.
Also, I like your pain scale. Do you mind if I use it?
May 10, 2009 at 9:11 pm |
Aren’t you almost done with your core rotations by now? You must be pretty excited.