My patient suddenly begings c/o pain in the right side, around the rib cage.

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What is likely the reason for this?

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Specializes in Gerontology.

1. What do YOU think? What does YOUR research tell you?

2. Do your own homework pls.

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Specializes in Surgery, Tele, OB, Peds,ED-True Float RN.

Can you give us a little more info??? :o

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Specializes in Trauma Surgery, Nursing Management.

Gas? Indigestion? Gallstones? Clothes tag sticking out too much? Mosquito bite?

Seriously...much more info needs to be supplied prior to posting a question that is incredibly vague.

If you can give us some background information, we could help you more.

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Specializes in PACU.

An angry hobo stabbed him in his right kidney.

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Specializes in Emergency; med-surg; mat-child.

with a knitting needle!

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Specializes in Med surg, LTC, Administration.

Lmao!

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Specializes in Trauma Surgery, Nursing Management.

Was it a sterile or a contaminated knitting needle? That is really the question...

Sorry OP, we are just pickin!

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Specializes in Emergency; med-surg; mat-child.

Totally contaminated. WITH ACRYLIC YARN.

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Specializes in Emergency; med-surg; mat-child.

Wow, what time zone is the server in, because it's not 2100 where I am...

Derp. Had to change my time zone.

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I smell homework. OP you ought to know where to begin your hunt for your own answer. If not? Go to your bookshelf and open a book.

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You guys are so mean, its OBVIOUSLY necrotizing fasciitis :dancgrp:

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