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Originally Posted by KyleKennedy
What I have is a severed tendon in the thumb, no disease........knock on wood
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you probably don't, but there is no way they/we can tell you that based off of exam. it's not common and i was throwing that out there as another example of why live feeding may not be the best choice.
you wouldn't know if you had rat bite fever until the bacteria could be isolated and identified (that does not happen in the ED) and, if your ER doc wasn't considering that as a possibility, you may not have received the correct antibiotic. chances are though, you did. (This is where follow up is important)
if you have a severed tendon, you have a whole other set of problems depending on if it's a flexor tendon or extensor tendon....and i'm guessing they set you up w a hand surgeon to repair the tendon? When you go in for tendon repair, they can take a culture if need be.
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