Articles by John Dallara, MD

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by John Dallara, MD on February 29, 2008

EMS brings you a woman who fell down her stairs at home. She is awake and alert, has no other apparent injuries, and complains of pain below her left knee. EMS reports the patient had tried to get up, but was unable to bear weight on her L leg. They have applied a short-leg splint.

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Wet Reads: It’s bad, but how bad?

by John Dallara, MD on December 31, 2007

A fortuitous comparision ankle injury allows you to
compare a simple ankle injury with something
significantly more complex.

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Wet Reads: Post-Intubation X-ray, What now?

by John Dallara, MD on November 30, 2007

It was the usual busy evening in the ED. I had just finished intubating a 63-year-old woman who was fine until a few hours ago, when she suffered a confusional episode and collapsed. I went to look for the post-intubation CXR, and as I stepped out of the room, I encountered the nurse from the adjacent urgent care/fast track waiting for me...

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