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94 y.o. Woman broke her elbow in a fall 11 days ago...ER splinted, referred to ortho within 2 weeks. In meantime, she was hospitalized with pneumonia til yesterday. Today, the hand of the splinted arm is pale, and greatly swollen with pain.. appt with ortho is Thursday...is this an ER emergency?