Author: Jay Khadpe MD

Editor in Chief of "The Original Kings of County" Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine Assistant Residency Director SUNY Downstate / Kings County Hospital

Morning Report: 6/24/2014

Thanks to Dr. McMillan for today’s Morning Report!   Traumatic Brain Injury – American Association of Neurological Surgeons Guidelines   Case#1: A 45 year-old man helmeted motorcyclist struck by van, negative loss of consciousness, and currently GCS 15 and appropriate but…

EM-CCM Conference: May 2014

EM-CCM CONFERENCE SUMMARY PRESENTED BY DR. PIA DANIEL SUMMARY BY DR. FRANCIS YOUN     CASE: Elderly, bedbound, nonverbal female with past history of dementia, hypothyroidism, sigmoid volvulus s/p sigmoidectomy and colostomy sent from NH for altered mental status, fever, and…

Morning Report: 6/19/2014

Here’s Dr. Alsup with today’s Morning Report!   ETCO2 – Capnography   Technology -Infrared spectroscopy, co2 absorbs specific wavelength -Micro sampling vs in line spectroscopy   Physiology -Aerobic cell metabolism produces co2 -CO2 diffused easily across alveoli and exhaled -CO2…

Morning Report: 6/10/2014

Sorry for the delay but here’s another Morning Report presented by Dr. Louis!   Thyrotoxicosis / Thyroid Storm   Thyrotoxicosis: Hypermetabolic syndrome secondary to excess synthesis and secretion of thyroid hormones. Most common forms of hyperthyroidism being Graves disease, toxic…

Morning Report: 5/23/2014

Dr. Grock presents today’s Morning Report!   C- Spine Immobilization: A Critical Review of the Evidence   Cervical collars have been in use for over 30 years, yet, there have been no randomized, controlled trials evaluating their effectiveness.  Per the…