56 year old man presents to ER with complaints of epigastric pain. AN EKG is ordered and interpreted as normal as is an abdominal sonogram. No further cardiac work-up is done. Patient remains in ER for over 12 hours with unremitting epigastric complaints. Presumptive diagnosis of pancreatitis is made, but no definitive diagnosis is ever [...]
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At 22:00 it is reported that dilation was 4.0, effacement 50 and station -2. At 23:01 contraction frequency was 3 and contraction duration 60-90. At 23:53 contraction frequency was 3-4 and duration 40-100. At 23:55 the patient requested an epidural. At 00:08 the patient was positioned on the side of the bed for the epidural [...]
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