DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2026.5349 ISSN: 2168-6106

Preventing Low-Value Admission for Suspected Osteomyelitis

Daniel Wagner, Shitij Arora

This case report describes a 77-year-old man with type 2 diabetes, prior left lower limb second-to-fifth digit amputation secondary to diabetic foot infection, hypertension, and hyperlipidemia who presented to the emergency department with right plantar foot pain.

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