We are excited to announce the reinstatement of the Administration Mini-Fellowship with our meeting last month. The Administration Mini-Fellowship will be a learning and networking group advised by Dr. Ninfa Mehta, SUNY Downstate’s ED Medical Director. At our first meeting Read more…
Working with kids can sometimes be great. They’re funny, adorable, have a lot of energy, and are always running around. Sometimes though, it’s not their legs that are running. Often, it’s their nose, and that’s okay. Other times, it’s Read more…
It is a quiet morning in the ED. I know it’s difficult to believe. The triage nurse rolls in a young patient who is screaming in pain. “Doc, doc, my n@&* are killing me!” You can’t help but start thinking Read more…
An overview of Huang, DT et al. (2018). Procalcitonin-Guided Use of Antibiotics for Lower Respiratory Tract Infection. N Engl J Med, 379(3), pp.236-249 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29781385 Background: Procalcitonin is an acute Read more…
Case: It’s your 5th straight night and your pediatric ED shift ends in one hour. A few stable patients came in during your shift, and you’re happy about that. No one wants kids to be sick. Your mind begins to Read more…
Welcome to our weekly Wednesday Wrap-Up from our academic conference today: Dr. Jesus Granados discussed how to eat better as residents: Add fiber (salad) to your meals (pizza) to slow your metabolism Prep a large meal at the beginning of Read more…
Faculty Reviewer: Sage Wiener, MD The Case It’s Saturday at 11:30 pm. You are just beginning your shift, when EMS rolls in accompanied by the NYPD. Their 24-year-old patient looks extremely sick and is moaning to you that he Read more…
This article will not attempt to wade into the pathophysiology of acid-base disorders. From reading the nephrology literature, it seems that this topic is more closely akin to theoretical physics than the sturdy biochemistry I learned in college. Researchers can’t Read more…
We are all going to get this notification at some point. You’ll be wandering around the ED doing lunges out of boredom, and the phone will ring …. “61-year-old male found down in VF, shocked x 3 without ROSC, intubated, Read more…
It’s the usual ED shift, when you see the next patient listed to be seen with a chief complaint of “Mechanism of Injury: Cyclist struck”. As you rehearse ATLS while approaching the stretcher, you encounter a young male in his Read more…
