Here’s Dr. Freedman with today’s Morning Report! The LGIB Toolbox Why? Tools for diagnosis and therapy are limited. NG Lavage stinks. RBC Scan not an ED test Colonoscopy has not been shown to be useful. Stable, Prepped…
Tag: GI
Morning Report: 5/7/2015
Dr. Mehta presents today’s Morning Report!
Morning Report: 4/2/2015
Here’s Dr. Wang with today’s Morning Report! Ingested Foreign Body Foreign bodies can be anywhere in the entire GI tract. The esophagus has three areas of narrowing where foreign bodies are most likely to become entrapped upper esophageal sphincter…
Morning Report: 3/19/2015
Today’s Morning Report is presented by Dr. Aldokhi! My Butt Hurts (Procidentia) Case: 79 year old female with abdominal pain Definition Full-thickness intussusception of the rectum through the anus Epidemiology Bimodal age distribution (extreme of age)…
Morning Report: 10/24/2014
Thanks to Dr. Kincade for presenting today’s Morning Report! Esophageal Varices Esophageal varices are dilated veins within the wall of the esophagus, usually at the distal end Epidemiology -50% of patients with cirrhosis; 25% to 35% variceal rupture…
Morning Report: 10/14/2014
Here’s Dr. Aluisio with today’s Morning Report! Medical Therapies for Stable Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding: Risk, Benefit and Equivocality Epidemiology • Incidence: 40-150 per 100,000 per annum, with 450,000 hospitalizations in the USA • Causes: peptic ulcer (~45%);…
Morning Report: 9/5/2014
Here’s Dr. Aldokhi with today’s Morning Report! Pancreatitis Epidemiology – Annual incidence of acute pancreatitis range from 4.9 to 35 per 100,000 – Mortality1.5 percent in mild pancreatitis & 17 percent in severe pancreatitis – Alcoholic pancreatitis is more…
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…