Morteza Khodaee, MD, MPH

20-year-old male college basketball prospect • wrist pain after falling on wrist • normal ROM • pain with active/passive wrist extension • Dx?

► Right wrist pain 4 days after falling on wrist while playing basketball
► Normal range of motion of wrist and hand
► Pain with active...

► Weakness with left elbow flexion
► Left anterior shoulder pain

Author:: Morteza Khodaee, MD, MPH; Seth Mathern, MD; Wendy S. Madigosky, MD, MSPH; Jonathan T. Bravman, MD

The patient had fallen on his hip while playing basketball about 2 weeks earlier.

This pilot study identified practice variables that can increase the time and resources needed to manage opioids. The authors suggest possible...

After taking azithromycin and prednisone for lower respiratory symptoms, this patient developed a rash. The way it spread provided a diagnostic...

Author:: Morteza Khodaee, MD, MPH; Daniel Lombardo, MD; Linda C. Montgomery, MD; Corey Lyon, DO

EVIDENCE-BASED ANSWER: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has a higher sensitivity and specificity (90% and 79%) than plain radiography (54% and 68...

Author:: Morteza Khodaee, MD, MPH; Stephanie Gold, MD; Linda C. Montgomery, MD

Author:: Alexandra R. Johnson, MD; Annamarie Meeuwsen, MD; Morteza Khodaee, MD, MPH; Mark Deutchman, MD

The lesions on the patient’s body were getting caught on his clothes. He said that his mother and several of his siblings had similar “lumps.”

Author:: Kent Schreiber, MD; Morteza Khodaee, MD, MPH; Sourav Poddar, MD; Elizabeth M. Tweed, MLIS

EVIDENCE-BASED ANSWER: NO SINGLE TREATMENT HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED in the literature. That said, a protocol of stepped care that showed good results...

Author:: Morteza Khodaee, MD, MPH; Jeffrey A. Housner, MD; Elizabeth M. Tweed, MLIS, AHIP

EVIDENCE-BASED ANSWER: EXAMINATION MAY BE USEFUL to identify hernia but not testicular cancer. Insufficient evidence exists to recommend for or...