August 1, 2008
Class act is a feature of Clinical Correlations written by NYU 3rd and 4th year medical students. These posts focus on evidenced based answers to clinical questions related to patients seen by our students in the clinics or on the…
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Posted in Class Act, Diseases 2.0, Endocrine
March 19, 2008
Commentary by Melissa Freeman MD, PGY-2
A 30 year-old male resident presents to his primary care physician for a routine physical examination. A small, nontender left-sided scrotal mass is felt. The patient states that this asymptomatic mass has been present for…
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Posted in Endocrine
February 28, 2008
Commentary by Carrie Mahowald MD
Case: GS, a 65 year old man with only a history of severe OA, is seen in pre-op clinic for medical clearance before his hip replacement. On his pre-op x-ray, an incidental finding of a lumbar…
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Posted in Endocrine
February 26, 2008
Commentary by Melissa Freeman MD, PGY2
This week’s Grand Rounds was delivered by Dr. Gerald Shulman, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.P. Professor of Internal Medicine and Cellular & Molecular Physiology and Investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute of Yale University School of…
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Posted in Endocrine, Grand Rounds
February 8, 2008
Commentary by Melissa Freeman MD, Endocrinology Section Editor
The ACCORD trial is an ongoing 5-year, North American, randomized study that began in 2001 to evaluate potential interventions to decrease cardiovascular (CV) events in adults living with DM2. The trial enrolled 10,251 adults,…
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Posted in Breaking News, Endocrine
December 28, 2007
Is there evidence to support the use of Lantus® (human insulin analog glargine) administered Q12h in Type 1 Diabetes?
Commentary by Kathy Lee, Pharmacy Resident
The goal of diabetes management is to reduce the risk of long-term complications by maintaining near-normal glycemic control,…
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Posted in Endocrine, Pharmacology
December 20, 2007
Commentary by Mary Vouyiouklis MD, Fellow, and Ann Danoff MD, Director, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, NYU Medical Center
Welcome to our final case of our special diabetes series intended to highlight the essentials of diabetes care in the inpatient setting.…
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Posted in Endocrine
November 8, 2007
Commentary by Mary Vouyiouklis MD, Fellow, and Ann Danoff MD, Director, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, NYU Medical Center
Welcome to Case 6 of our special diabetes series intended to highlight the essentials of diabetes care in the inpatient setting. Over…
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Posted in Endocrine
October 25, 2007
Commentary by Mary Vouyiouklis MD, Fellow, and Ann Danoff MD, Director, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, NYU Medical Center
Welcome to Case 5 of our special diabetes series intended to highlight the essentials of diabetes care in the inpatient setting. Over…
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Posted in Endocrine
October 11, 2007
Commentary by Mary Vouyiouklis MD, Fellow, and Ann Danoff MD, Director, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, NYU Medical Center
Welcome to Case 4 of our special diabetes series intended to highlight the essentials of diabetes care in the inpatient setting. Over the…
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Posted in Endocrine
October 4, 2007
Commentary by Daniel Frenkel, PGY-2
Case: A 46 year old male with diabetes on oral hypoglycemic medications is admitted to the hospital with one day of constant epigastric pain, nausea, vomiting, and an inability to tolerate oral intake. You are concerned about…
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Posted in Endocrine, GI
October 3, 2007
Commentary 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