Cindy Mui MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
The alcohol flushing response is a physiologic response to ingestion of alcohol and is characterized by facial flushing, nausea, tachycardia, and hypotension, felt to …
Category: GI
Clinical Correlations
Myths and Realities: Colon Cleansing: Healthful or just a load of @$%!
July 16, 2009
Chau Che MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
You’ll have increased energy, radiant skin, reduced joint pain, improved asthma symptoms, and best of all…you will lose weight. These are some of the purported …
How Should You Approach a Patient Co-infected with HIV and Hepatitis C?
June 11, 2009
Uzma Sarwar MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
With advancement in therapy, life expectancy has significantly increased among HIV-infected patients, and patients are now more likely to succumb to chronic disease processes. …
Should we treat asymptomatic autoimmune hepatitis?
April 30, 2009
Bani Chander MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
Autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) is a progressive, inflammatory disease of the liver of unknown etiology and may progress to cirrhosis. While it is does …
Grand Rounds: Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD)
April 15, 2009
Summary by Daniel Frenkel MD
Please also see the clinical vignette presented before grand rounds on the 1st of April.
In his grand rounds lecture on April 1st 2009, …
Grand Rounds: Purines, Alcohol, and Fatty Liver Disease
April 8, 2009
Commentary by Peter Shue MD, PGY-3
The medical grand rounds presentation on March 4, 2009 was delivered by a distinguished NYU faculty member and research investigator, Dr. Bruce Cronstein. Although his training …
Morning Report: Hepatorenal Syndrome
February 19, 2009
Commentary by Catherine Lucero MD, PGY-3
Faculty Peer Reviewed
The patient is a 69-year old woman from El Salvador with a chief complaint of worsening abdominal distension for nine months. Three months earlier, the patient …
Analgesia for Cirrhotics: A Practical Approach
November 20, 2008
Commentary by Albert B. Knapp MD, NYU Clinical Professor of Medicine (Gastroenterology)
THE CASE:
WS, a 49 yo year old Caucasian male with a known 35 year history of alcohol abuse, now presents …