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Broken femur bone in full leg cast. wakes in excruciating pain. what additional pain meds other than 5ml stilpane & 5ml nurofen very 8 hours can i give her? she breaks out in a sweat and her temp rises to around 38.7 when this happens.
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Needs re-evaluation: uncontrolled pain with cast on needs to be evaluated by the orthopedic surgeon, kindly take her to the hospital, wish her a speedy recovery
Answered 1/5/2019
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