Commentary By: Sandeep Mangalmurti, MD, JD PGY-1
For many physicians, medical malpractice is like paying taxes; inevitable, but incomprehensible. This is unfortunate, since most physicians offer unique insights into the current debate on malpractice reform. Hopefully this article will begin …
An otherwise healthy 57 year old patient presents with shortness of breath and pleuritic chest pain. The patient is hemodynamically stable without evidence of shock. A chest CT reveals a pulmonary embolus.
Questions: 1. …
Chief complaint: 85 year old female presents with worsening shortness of breath for one day.
History of present illness:
The patient’s history of present illness begins at the age of 60 when she was diagnosed with asthma, for which …
In last week’s issue of the British Medical Journal, two physicians argue about the merits of refusing to perform elective surgeries on smokers. The debate has been spurred by a primary care group in the UK who announced last year that …
Case and Commentary by Minisha Sood PGY-3 and Ilseung Cho Fellow, Division of Gastroenterology
The patient is a 57 year-old man with a past history of hypetension, hyperlipidemia, hepatitis B/C cirrhosis and coronary artery disease status/post a non-st-elevation mi in August 2006, …
The recent finding of decreasing breast cancer rates made headlines throughout the media; including a NY Times article entitled, Reversing Trend, Big Drop is seen in Breast Cancer on December 15, 2006.
Striking epidemiological …
Commentary By Josh Remick, PGY-2
In the December 27th 2006 issue of JAMA, Yang et al. reported the results of a nested case-control study of United Kingdom patients entitled “Long-term Proton Pump Inhibitor Therapy and Risk of Hip Fracture.” …
The best online dermatology atlas I have come across is dermIS.net. The site originates from Germany and includes an excellent, easily searchable database with terrific pictures and clinical information. The most useful feature of the site however is the differential …