Commentary by Daniel Egan MD, PGY2
Please also see the clinical vignette presented during last week’sgrand rounds
On Wednesday, September 24, 2008, the NYU Department of Medicine Grand Rounds featured guest speaker Hilary Calvert, …
Author: Neil.Shapiro@nyulangone.org
Clinical Correlations
Healthcare and the US Presidential campaign: a defining moment
October 2, 2008
Commentary by Albert B. Knapp MD, FACP, PC, NYUÂ Clinical Professor of Medicine (Gastroenterology)
The American people are facing a transformational election this November 4th. Many important issues including the focus of our Foreign …
Propofol Infusion Syndrome: An Unusual Case of Lactic Acidosis
October 1, 2008
Commentary by Bani Chander MD, PGY-3Â and Reviewed by Laura Evans MD, NYU Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Case presentation:
The patient is a 26 year-old female with long-standing refractory epilepsy, …
ShortCuts-This Week in the Journals
September 29, 2008
Commentary by Michael Tanner MD, Section Editor, Clinical Correlations
Stormy SEAS for Vytorin
This week the New England Journal published the Simvastatin and Ezetimibe in Aortic Stenosis (SEAS) trial, whose findings had …
Mystery Quiz- The Answer
September 27, 2008
Posted by Vivian Hayashi MD and Robert Smith MD,
Mystery Quiz Section Editors
The answer to last week’s mystery quiz is pneumatocele/pseudocyst likely due to ventilator associated lung injury (VALI) in a patient with ARDS. …
Meeting Perspectives: The ADA Scientific Sessions: Advances in the Pharmacologic Management of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
September 25, 2008
Commentary by  Howard Furst MD and Mitchell Charap MD
We will focus our review of the 2008 ADA meetings on new data regarding the GLP-1 analogues and the DPP 4 inhibitors. Before …
Grand Rounds: Thyroid Disease and the Heart
September 24, 2008Â Commentary by Sarika Modi MD, PGY-2Â Â
Dr. Irwin Klein MD, Professor of Medicine and Cell Biology, of North Shore University Hospital, gave grand rounds on “Thyroid Disease and the Heart” on September …
ShortCuts- This Week in the Journals
September 22, 2008
Commentary by Rachana Jani MD, PGY-2
This past week has been emotional to say the least. Fall has officially begun and the stock market continues to be in disarray. Nevertheless, the Wall Street Journal …