Author: Shane Solger, MD Editor: Philippe Ayres, MD Case: A 5-year-old girl is brought to a Vermont Ski Clinic by her parents due to a two-week history of right knee pain with associated swelling. Despite a slight limp, the child has been able to walk and is otherwise acting like Read more…
While we may be trapped in our concrete jungle here in Brooklyn, many of us and some of our patients do occasionally get outside. In the Northeast in particular, this means a high risk of getting a tick bite and contracting everyone’s favorite zoonotic disease: Lyme Disease. This past month’s Read more…
Congratulations to Dr. Aluisio for today’s Morning Report!
Dr. Kopping presents today’s Morning Report! Spiders…who needs that many legs, am I right? Several medically important specimens throughout the world I live in North America, which should I care about most? Black Widow Brown Recluse Hobo spider Black Widow (Latrodectus mactans) Likes temperate/tropical climates Found in stone Read more…
Dr. Bart presents today’s Morning Report! ACUTE ALTITUDE ILLNESS Intermediate Altitude High Altitude Very High Altitude Extreme Altitude 5000 to 8000 ft 8000 to 14000 ft 14000 to 18000 ft >18000 ft Denver Himalayas PATHOPHYSIOLOGY: -Sense decreased arterial oxygenation –> increased ventilation –> respiratory alkalosis Read more…
Thanks to Dr. Bogoch for presenting today’s Morning Report! You’re Not Dead Until You’re Warm and Dead- or are you? Epidemiology: 1500 deaths in the USA are attributely to hypothermia yearly Measuring Core Body Temperature: Distal third of the esophagus Bladder: inaccurate if performing peritoneal lavage Rectum: Read more…
Dr. Waldman presents today’s Morning Report! AMMONIA TOXICITY Where can we find ammonia: glass cleaners, toilet bowel cleaners, metal polishes, floor strippers, wax removers, smelling salts, some refrigerants, explosives, pharmaceuticals, pesticides, textiles, leather, flame-retardants, plastics, pulp and paper, rubber, petroleum products, and cyanide INHALATION INJURY: Most common Read more…
Happy New Year everyone! Morning Report is back with Dr. Paulson presenting the first edition of 2014! Hypothermia: From the sunny beaches and 80degree weather in SoCal, to the frigid wasteland that is our beloved Brooklyn… Skin temp can go down to 90 in cold weather, and down to Read more…
Thanks to Dr. Shin for a very timely Morning Report! Carbon Monoxide Toxicity Carbon Monoxide: Colorless and odorless and created by incomplete combustion Common sources are automobile exhaust, coal, wood or kerosene stoves Pathophysiology: CO binds reversibly to hemoglobin 230-270x that of oxygen causing functional anemia Half Read more…
Here’s Dr. Bon with today’s Morning Report! Heat Induced Illness Epidemiology: 1979-1999 – totally of 8,015 related deaths according to CDC Heat wave – 3 or more consecutive days with air temps > 90 Heat related death – exposure to hot weather, body temp > 105, and lack of Read more…