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Drüeke TB et al. Normalization of hemoglobin level in patients with chronic kidney disease and anemia. …
Category: Clinical Questions
Clinical Correlations
Should We Screen All Smokers for Lung Cancer?
November 15, 2006Commentary by Deborah Shapiro, M.D. Attending Physician, Dept. Veterans Affairs
The International Early Lung Cancer Action Program Investigators. Survival of patients with stage I lung cancer detected on CT screening. N Engl J Med 2006;355:1763-1771
Over the last few weeks there has been major …
Diagnostic Dilemma #1-Faculty Response
November 8, 2006Commentary By Michael Poles, M.D. Gastroenterologist, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Mircrobiology and Pathology.
Welcome blog readers to this inauguration of the NYU medicine blog. If the future cases are as interesting as this one, I am sure we will be having a lot of fun, and …
Diagnostic Dilemma #1
November 7, 2006
The first in our series of clinical cases with difficult management questions…
Question: 59 y.o. male with pmh notable for hyperlipidemia. Pt had normal lft's, which increased mildly when he was put on a statin. His basic hepatitis screen including …