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: 4/16/2012

Today’s Morning Report is courtesy of Dr. Melendez (presented 4/12/2012). Follow the along and think about how you would handle this scary presentation.   A mother brings her 9 day old infant in because “she has not urinated in the…

Morning Report: 4/12/2012

Thanks to Dr. Guy for today’s Morning Report (presented on 4/9/2012)! Central Retinal Artery Occlusion Epidemiology:  55% mortality rate over 9 years 2% bilateral involvement mean age 62   Pathophysiology:  emboli in retinal artery/ branches ophthalmic artery from intraorbital branch…

Wednesday Wrap-up: 4/11/2012

Welcome to this week’s edition of Wednesday Wrap-up! There was some great lectures this morning making it very tough to pick a topic to focus on but I think the subject that generated the most discussion was palliative care in…

Morning Report: 4/9/2012

Today’s Morning Report is thanks to Dr. Willis with some clinical pearls about strangulation/hanging injuries:   Strangulation / Hanging injuries   Mortality: Death from injury to spinal cord or brainstem, mechanical constriction of neck structures, bradycardic cardiac arrest (carotid sinus…

Morning Report: 4/5/2012

Thanks to Dr. Brothers for putting together today’s morning report (which was presented on 4/2/2012)! Here’s the case: 35 yo F history gastric bypass surgery 7 years ago presents with severe epigastric pain. Denies N/V/D. Has been constipated for past…

Morning Report: 3/28/2012

Here are some clinical pearls on cyanide poisonings from yesterday’s morning report by Dr. Audrey Tan: CYANIDE POISONING Sources Ingestion – chemists, photographers, jewelers, lab techs have access to cyanide salts Smoke inhalation – release of cyanide from combustion of…

Morning Report: 3/26/2012

Thank you to Dr. Aherne for this edition of Morning Report, Gamekeeper’s Thumb/Skier’s Thumb   Injury to the Ulnar Collateral Ligament (UCL) of the thumb True gamekeeper’s thumb is a chronic condition, due to repeated valgus force on MCP joint…

Morning Report: 3/23/2012

Thank you to Dr. Backster for today’s Morning Report with some clinical pearls on lightning injuries: . Lighting strikes Neg charged lightning: more common, occurs within the storm Pos charged lightning: stronger, longer exposure, & can occur miles from the…