Morning Report: 11/29/2012

Thanks to Dr. Basile for today’s Morning Report! Pediatric Seizures: –        Up to 6% of children have at least one seizure in their childhood –        Variety of causes:  toxic, metabolic, infectious, vascular, trauma, etc. Our role as Emergency Physicians: Stabilize the patient, stop ongoing seizures, identify the Read more…

Morning Report: 11/27/2012

Back from the Thanksgiving Holiday with another edition of Morning Report! Here’s Dr. Kazzi with today’s topic:   Pneumothorax / Hemothorax  : (EMPGU 2012) Definition = Air in the pleural cavity Types: 1)  Spontaneous – Primary (no underlying lung disease) – Secondary (Underlying lung disease) 2)  Traumatic Classification: Occult:  Not seen on Read more…

Morning Report: 11/20/2012

Here’s Dr. Kong with today’s Morning Report!   Regular Wide Complex Tachycardia: SVT with Aberrancy versus Ventricular Tachycardia     Definitions: 1. Wide Complex Tachycardia: HR > 100, QRS > 0.12s 2. SVT with Aberrancy: Tachycardia originating above ventricles, (most commonly AVNRT) with apparent or rate related- conduction delay 3. Read more…