By Santosh Vardhana
Faculty Peer Reviewed
Mr. M is a 63-year-old man with a history of coronary artery disease and systolic CHF (ejection fraction 32%) on lisinopril, metoprolol, and spironolactone who …
Category: Systems
Clinical Correlations
Vegetative State 2.0
May 13, 2011
By Ivan Saraiva, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
“Mr. Dockery was a police officer in the town of Walden, northwest of Chattanooga, when he was shot in the forehead as he responded to …
Warning: Drinking Cola May Be Dangerous To Your Health
May 11, 2011
By Jessica Leifer
Faculty Peer Reviewed
As a new third year medical student excited to finally be seeing my own patients and still looking for my style as an interviewer, I …
How Safe Is That Tattoo?
April 27, 2011
By Farzon A. Nahvi
Faculty Peer Reviewed
Once thought to be exclusively the domain of gang members, prisoners, and those in the military, tattoos are now increasingly popular with the general …
From The Archives: Myths and Realities: Do Power Lines Cause Cancer?
April 14, 2011
Please enjoy this post from the Clinical Correlations archives first posted May 20, 2009
By Aditya Mattoo, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
Prompted by personal experience, I thought I would explore …
The Porcelain Terror: Can a Toilet Give You Gonorrhea?
April 13, 2011
By Bradley Ching, Class of 2011
Faculty Peer Reviewed
What do every road trip, football game halftime, and trans-continental plane flight have in common? Usually a disgusting toilet paired with the …
Case of the Month: Vertebral Osteomyelitis and Psoas Abscess with Acinetobacter Baumanii: Report of an Unusual Case
April 6, 2011
By Michael C. Brabeck, MD, Adam Davis, MD, and Shaun Rodgers, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
Case:
A 56-year-old male was admitted to Bellevue Hospital Center with chronic back pain and …
An Intern In The ER
April 1, 2011
By Demetrios Tzimas, MD
New York City. Bellevue Hospital Center. July 17, 2009. 1:53 pm. Intern Year. Long Call.
“Go down to the ER. There’s a guy with chest pain for …