Thanks to Dr. Lo Cascio for today’s Morning Report! Case: 70 F BIBA with transcutaneous pacing pads on being paced at 80 bpm. Pt is unresponsive with SBP 170s. Pt is normothermic with FS 170. Pt has PMH of HTN, DM,…
Tag: endocrine
Morning Report: 2/3/2015
Dr. Lewis presents today’s Morning Report! Hypoglycemia Hypoglycemia: serum glucose of <50 mg/dL, less than 30 mg/dL is considered severe hypoglycemia Causes Re Renal Ex Exogenous Insulin/antihyperglycemics P Pituitary Insufficiency L Liver A Alcohol, Addison’s, Aspirin I Infection,…
Morning Report: 12/19/2014
Thanks to Dr. Kopping for today’s Morning Report! THYROID STORM Thyrotoxicosis represents anywhere from 0.05% to 1.3% Storm represents <10% of hospitalized However untreated 80 to 100% mortality Drops to 20 to 30% with treatment What makes…
Morning Report: 11/25/2014
Dr. Freedman is back with Part 2 of his Morning Report! Part 2: Quick Case: A 32 year-old gentleman, with no past medical history, presents with “I can’t move my legs.” Serum potassium = 1.4mmol/L. Diagnosis: Hypokalemic Periodic…
Morning Report: 10/21/2014
Dr. Bains presents today’s Morning Report!
Morning Report: 10/9/2014
Thanks to Dr. Brown for presenting today’s Morning Report! Case presentation: 46 y/o F with no sig PMH presented to ED with chief complaint of vomiting and weakness. HR 132, RR 20, Temp 99.6, BP 185/75, and O2 100%…
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: 1/14/2014
Today’s Morning Report is presented by Dr. Aldokhi! AKA versus DKA AKA DKA – Alcoholic – Underlying disease – Missed Etoh – Diabetic – Underlying disease – Missed insulin Nausea , vomiting, abdominal pain Nausea , vomiting, abdominal pain…