Morning Report

Brief presentations of current topics in Emergency Medicine based upon our senior resident morning reports

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…

By Jay Khadpe MD, ago

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…

By Jay Khadpe MD, ago