Commentary by Bani Chander MD, PGY-2
Esophageal varices are a common complication of cirrhosis and approximately one-third of all cirrhotic patients with varices will develop a variceal bleed [1]. Each episode of variceal …
Category: GI
Clinical Correlations
A Case of Celiac Disease and Diagnostic Clues
July 12, 2007
Commentary by Josh Olstein MD, Chief Resident NYU Internal Medicine
Mr. J is a 56 year old Caucasian gentleman who presented with complaints of “I just can’t do what I used to be able to do. I just don’t …
Should All Patients with Hepatitis C Be Screened for Hepatocelluar Carcinoma?
July 3, 2007
Should patients with Hepatitis C (HCV) with no evidence of cirrhosis undergo screening for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)? Is there any reason to check for HCC when the liver associated enzymes (LAEs) are normal?
-Sandeep Mangalmurti, PGY-2
Commentary by Mike Poles …
Meeting Perspectives: Digestive Disease Week (DDW) 2007
June 20, 2007
Commentary by Milini Sahu, MD Fellow, Division of Gastrotenterology, Gina Sam-DeRiggs, Fellow, Division of Gastroenterology, and Michael Poles MD, Â Assistant Professor, NYU Division of Gastroenterology and Associate Editor, Clinical Correlations
Close to 17,000 gastroenterologists attended Digestive …
Morning Report-How Do You Approach a Patient with a Significant Transaminitis?
March 23, 2007
Consultant: Robert Raicht, MD Professor of Medicine, Chief Division of Gastroenterology
Clinical Vignette:
The patient is a 50 year old male with a past medical history notable for type II diabetes, hypertension and recently treated right foot cellulitis and c.difficile colitis who …
Should patients with Anemia and a Normal Ferritin Undergo Colonoscopy?
February 16, 2007
Commentary By: Joshua Olstein PGY-3
Second only to lung cancer, colon cancer claimed an estimated 55,000 lives in the United States in 2006. In an effort to reduce colon cancer morbidity and mortality, multiple screening tests have been developed to detect early disease …
How Should You Approach A Patient with an Incidental Finding of a Portal Vein Thrombosis?
February 7, 2007
A 70 year old man with a history of prostate cancer, status post radiation treatment in August 2003, a history of abdominal surgery for unknown reasons, and a history of heavy alcohol use was seen at the VA. The …
A drug for NASH that may work?
January 24, 2007
Commentary By: Sandra D'Angelo, PGY-3
Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is a disease in which patients have features of alcoholic hepatitis on liver biopsy without a prior history of significant alcohol consumption and negative hepatitis serologies. It …