Commentary by Elizabeth Haskins MD, PGY-3
This week’s Grand Rounds was delivered by Dr. Tomas Berl, Chief of the Nephrology Division at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center in Denver. Dr. Berl’s current research …
Category: Systems
Clinical Correlations
Mystery Quiz
January 29, 2008Posted By: Vivian Hayashi, MD, Instructor of Clinical Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine and Robert Smith, MD Associate Professor of Medicine, Division Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
A 78 year old man with a history of ankylosing spondylitis and known cardiac disease associated with congestive heart failure, presented with breathlessness one year …
SSRIs: Do They Increase Rates of Suicide?
January 25, 2008
Commentary by Arthur Sinkman MD, NYU Department of Psychiatry
Three years ago the FDA began requiring that all selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) carry a black-box warning stating that their use in children and adolescents is …
Breaking News: A Disappointment for Zetia
January 15, 2008
Commentary by Alana Choy-Shan MD, NYU Chief Resident
The highly anticipated results of the ENHANCE trial will likely be presented at the American College of Cardiology meeting in March, but the preliminary results already have …
Evaluation of Asymptomatic Wolff-Parkinson-White EKG Morphology
January 3, 2008
Commentary by David Steckman MD, PGY-2 and William Slater MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology
Case: A 42 year-old man presents to clinic for routine follow-up. He is found to …
Clinical Question: Pharmacology
December 28, 2007
Is there evidence to support the use of Lantus® (human insulin analog glargine) administered Q12h in Type 1 Diabetes?
Commentary by Kathy Lee, Pharmacy Resident
The goal of diabetes management is to reduce the …
Inpatient Diabetes Management: Case 7
December 20, 2007
Commentary by Mary Vouyiouklis MD, Fellow, and Ann Danoff MD, Director, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, NYU Medical Center
Welcome to our final case of our special diabetes series intended to highlight the …
FDA Warns of Possible Link Between Chantix Therapy and Mood Disturbances
December 14, 2007
Commentary by Robert Leonard PharmD, Pharmacy Resident New York Harbor Healthcare System
On November 20, 2007 the FDA announced mounting evidence linking varenicline (Chantix®) therapy for smoking cessation with suicidal ideation and erratic and aggressive …