Bedside to Bench: Clubbing Revisited

April 3, 2009

Commentary by Judith Brenner MD, Associate Editor, Clinical Correlations 

Faculty Peer Reviewed 

For an internist, discovering a patient with clubbing is so rewarding since it appeals to the core of our profession, a profession which can often be very similar to that…

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Posted in Bedside Rounds, Pulmonary/Critical Care

The Rational Clinical Examination: Does This Patient with Diabetes Have Osteomyelitis of the Lower Extremity?

March 28, 2008

Commentary by Judith Brenner MD, Associate Program Director, NYU Internal Medicine Residency Program

The most recent installment in JAMA’s Rational Clinical Exam Series seeks to determine the accuracy of the history, physical exam, radiology and laboratory in making the diagnosis of osteomyelitis…

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Posted in Bedside Rounds, ID

Bedside Rounds Series: Goiter

February 21, 2008

Commentary by Kristin Remus MD, PGY-3, and Judith Brenner MD, Associate Program Director, NYU Internal Medicine Residency Program

The purpose of the physical diagnosis series is to review the origins, pathophysiology and actual techniques of common physical diagnoses. Our hopes are…

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Posted in Bedside Rounds

Bedside Rounds: How Do You Diagnose and Treat Diabetic Neuropathy

October 3, 2007

Feet 2Commentary by Judith Brenner MD, Associate Program Director, NYU Internal Medicine Residency Program

Diabetic neuropathy is one of the most commonly encountered complications of diabetes mellitus. It is seen in up to 20% of diabetics. Patients typically present with neuropathic pain…

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Posted in Bedside Rounds, Endocrine, Neuro

Bedside Rounds: What is Lasegue’s Sign?

July 10, 2007

LasegueCommentary by Judith Brenner MD, Associate Program Director, NYU Internal Medicine Residency Program

A 66 year old woman with a history of dyslipidemia and remote tobacco use presents with a sudden onset of pain located in her posterior left thigh radiating…

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Posted in Bedside Rounds, Musculoskeletal

Bedside Rounds #1: Why is a pulsus paradoxus not a paradox?

February 1, 2007

Welcome to our inaugural Bedside Rounds a new regular feature of Clinical Correlations.  Here you will learn not only practical physical diagnosis pearls, but also the historical context in which these findings were discovered.

Commentary By: Judith Brenner MD, Associate Program…

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Posted in Bedside Rounds, Cardiology