Systems – Page 14 – Clinical Correlations

Ethical Considerations in the Use of Cordons Sanitaires

February 19, 2015

Ethics ID 9 min read

By Rachel Kaplan Hoffmann, M.D., M.S.Ed., and Keith Hoffmann, J.D.

Peer Reviewed

On December 6, 2013, a two-year-old boy living in southeastern Guinea became the first victim of the …

Shifting Paradigms in Cancer: Vaccines

January 22, 2015

Diseases 2.0 Heme/Onc 7 min read

Joshua Horton

Peer Reviewed

We are not winning the war against cancer, if war is even an appropriate metaphor. When Richard Nixon signed the National Cancer Act into effect in 1971, many predicted that …

Mechanisms of Angiotensin Blockade in the Management of Diabetic Nephropathy

December 11, 2014

Renal Systems 6 min read

By Miguel A. Saldivar, MD

Peer Reviewed

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 …

Unraveling The Mysteries of Prinzmetal’s Angina: What Is It And How Do We Diagnose It?

October 8, 2014

Cardiology Class Act 10 min read

By Anjali Varma Desai, MD

Peer Reviewed

Mr. Q is a 55-year-old male smoker who presents with recurrent chest pain in the mornings over the past several months. The patient reports being awakened from sleep at approximately 5:00 a.m. each …

Are Health Care Providers PrEPared?

September 24, 2014

Class Act ID 8 min read

By Nathan King

Faculty Reviewed

Doctors are known to be some of the worst patients, and from personal experience I predict that medical students are not too far behind. That’s why when I finally found the time to take a proactive …

To Inject, or Not to Inject: Using the Pneumococcal Vaccinations Effectively

September 19, 2014

Class Act ID 6 min read

By Luke O’Donnell, MD

Peer reviewed

Once formidable diseases, pneumonia, bacteremia, and meningitis are all now considered “bread-and-butter” internal medicine. Streptococcus pneumoniae is one of the …