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

Wednesday Wrap-up: 10/24/2012

We’re back with another edition of Wednesday Wrap-up after a brief hiatus! During today’s Peds M+M conference, there was a somewhat heated discussion about using ultrasound to evaluate abdominal pain and specifically to evaluate for appendicitis. I don’t want to…

Morning Report: 10/23/2012

Dr. Joshi presents today’s Morning Report:   “Unfortunately and realistically speaking, outcomes of true obstetric emergencies are often bleak and essentially out of the hands of the emergency clinician”. – Roberts and Hedges   There is nothing that will cause…

Morning Report: 10/19/2012

Today’s Morning Report is courtesy of Dr. Desmond!   Cystic Fibrosis (CF)   CF is a multisystem disorder causes by mutations of the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator gene (CFTR) resulting in abnormal sodium and chloride transport across the cell …

Save of the Month! September 2012

Welcome to Save of the Month! where each month we recognize a resident who went above and beyond to make a great save in the ED. Nominations are solicited from the faculty each block and we pick one resident for…

Morning Report: 10/11/2012

Today’s Morning Report is courtesy of Dr. White-McCrimmon!   Here’s the Case: Notification phone rings: “Hi this is an EMS notification  … we have a 42 year old male en route to the hospital who is actively seizing after a…

Morning Report: 10/9/2012

MR is back from a small hiatus (vacation!). Here’s Dr. McMillan with today’s edition:   Here’s the case: You have a 47 year-old male who presents with shortness of breath and leg weakness…   Myasthenia Gravis and Myasthenic Crisis Myasthenia…