Commentary by Mary Vouyiouklis MD, Fellow, and Ann Danoff MD, Director, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, NYU Medical Center
Welcome to Case 2 of our special diabetes series intended to highlight the essentials of …
Category: Systems
Clinical Correlations
Tumor Lysis Syndrome and the Role of Urinary Alkalinization
September 13, 2007
Commentary by Bani Chander MD, PGY-2, and Sergio Obligado MD, Attending Physician, Nephrology
Tumor lysis syndrome (TLS) is characterized by a group of metabolic abnormalities including hyperkalemia, hyperuricemia, and hyperphosphatemia with secondary hypocalcemia, …
X Ray Visions Mystery Quiz- The Answer
August 30, 2007Before you read the answer, you may want to review the initial Mystery Quiz posted last week.
Commentary by Andrew Hardie MD, Fellow, NYU Department of Radiology
Although this patient’s symptoms were not the most typical of this entity, the CT findings in this case are diagnostic of a perforated anterior duodenal …
Inpatient Diabetes Management: Case 1
August 28, 2007
Commentary by Mary Vouyiouklis MD, Fellow, and Ann Danoff MD, Director, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, NYU Medical Center
Welcome to our special diabetes series intended to highlight the essentials of diabetes …
X-Ray Visions: Mystery Quiz
August 22, 2007A 46 year old male with a past medical history of hypertension presents to the emergency room complaining of constant throbbing epigastric pain for one day. He rates the pain as 7/10, with some radiation to his chest. He reports some mild nausea, but denies diarrhea or constipation. He does endorse a bloated sensation for the …
An Update on Multiple Sclerosis
August 21, 2007
Commentary by Jacqueline Friedman, MD, Clinical Associate Professor of Neurology, Director, New York Region Veterans Administration Multiple Sclerosis Center of Excellence
Multiple sclerosis (MS), a chronic disease of the central nervous system, is …
Reemergence of the Great Imitator: Overview of the Diagnosis and Treatment of Syphilis
August 17, 2007
Commentary by Rosemary Adamson, PGY2, Deena Altman PGY-1 and Harold Horowitz, Professor of Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases
Syphilis is back! You know the drill: an 80-something year old man presents with dementia …
Part II- Subclinical Thyroid Dysfunction: To Treat or Not to Treat?
August 8, 2007
Commentary by Melissa Freeman MD, PGY2
Please also see Part I of this series
In 2002, the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE), the American Thyroid Association (ATA), and The Endocrine Society (TES) sponsored an evidence- …