Commentary by Stephen Carpenter MD, PGY-2
Dr. Vincent Quagliarello, Professor of Medicine at Yale University, delivered his Medicine Grand Rounds lecture entitled “Bacterial Meningitis in Adults: Principles and Practice in 2008” on Wednesday, …
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Clinical Correlations
Perioperative Beta-blockade: Will POISE Change Management?
September 10, 2008
Commentary by Michael LoCurcio MD, Michael Janjigian MD and Michael C Brabeck MD, FACP, NYU Division of General Internal Medicine
Cardiovascular complications continue to be a major cause of morbidity and mortality in the perioperative …
Addiction 2.0 Part 2
September 4, 2008
Commentary by Joshua Lee MD, Ellie Grossman MD and Marc Gourevitch MD, NYU Division of General Internal Medicine
Please also see Part 1 of this series, posted last week
Alcohol treatment in primary care: evidence …
Case Presentation: Acute Rheumatic Fever
August 29, 2008
Commentary by Bani Chander MD, PGY-3. and Ben Bergman MD, PGY-3
Please also see last week’s Class Act Post on the pathogenesis of Rheumatic Heart Disease
A 34-year-old Hispanic male presents with the chief …
Class Act: The Use of MRI in Breast Cancer Screening
August 28, 2008
Class act is a feature of Clinical Correlations written by NYU 3rd and 4th year medical students. Prior to publication, each commentary is thoroughly reviewed for content by a faculty member.
Commentary by Daniel …
Addiction 2.0 Part 1
August 27, 2008
Commentary by Joshua Lee MD, Ellie Grossman MD and Marc Gourevitch MD, NYU Division of General Internal Medicine
Substance abuse remains a leading cause of disease and mortality in the US, yet it is …
Frailty- an emerging syndrome
August 21, 2008Commentary by David Sutin MD, NYU Section 0f Geriatric Medicine
The Annual American Geriatric Society meeting, held May 2008, in Washington DC, was as usual fascinating. The meeting highlights included a lively discussion of the treatment of hypertension in the very elderly, and a talk on the emerging syndrome of …
Old age and frailty: Biology and Socio-cultural Constructs
Commentary by Antonella Surbone MD PhD FACP, Department of Medicine, New York University Medical School, Clinical Correlations Ethics Section Editor
According to the Institute of Medicine (IOM) report of April 14th, 2008, …