Vivian Hayashi MD, Robert Smith MD
The answer to the mystery quiz is pleural effusions, specifically, bilateral subpulmonic effusions. The chest radiograph shows a number of findings: (1) the apparent diaphragm shadow is in fact fluid sandwiched between the undersurface of the lung and the actual diaphragm (Image 2a, arrow); (2) …
By Joseph Plaksin
Peer Reviewed
This week, the Senate Intelligence Committee declassified a 500-page report that outlined and described uses of torture by the CIA to interrogate suspected …
By Miguel A. Saldivar, MD
Peer ReviewedÂÂ
When a patient with diabetes comes into a clinic or hospital, it is not uncommon to hear the question, “Is he/she on an angiotensin-converting-enzyme (ACE) inhibitor (ACEI) or an angiotensin-receptor blocker (ARB)?” Most …
By Amar Parikh, MD
Peer Reviewed
This week, the nation was rocked by the decision of a Staten Island grand jury to not indict Officer Daniel Pantaleo in the …
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By Benjamin Wu, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
Mr. T is a 53-year-old man, with history significant for cholelithiasis. He decides to have …
Vivian Hayashi MD, Robert Smith MD
The patient is an 82 year old man with frequent breathlessness. The patient had been admitted several times in the past two years for congestive heart failure. Two years earlier, the patient suffered an NSTEMI. A diagnostic cardiac catheterization revealed triple vessel coronary disease. A …
By Matthew Weiss, MD
Peer Reviewed
Background:
The number of worldwide air travelers is expected to surpass 3.3 billion by 2015 and possibly double by 2030 [1]. These changes …
By Chio Yokose, MD
Peer Reviewed
As temperatures took a noticeable dip earlier this week in New York City, prompting many of us to begrudgingly pull out our heavy down coats …