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 …
Category: Systems
Clinical Correlations
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, …
Reemergence of the Great Imitator: Overview of the Diagnosis and Treatment of Syphilis
August 17, 2007
Commentary by Rosemary Adamson, PGY2, Â Deena Altman PGY-1 and Harold Horowitz, Professor of Medicine, Section of Infectious DiseasesÂ
Syphilis is back! You know the drill: an 80-something year old man presents with …
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 …
Atrial Fibrillation Part 2: Additional Words of Wisdom
August 3, 2007
Commentary by William Slater, MD Associate Professor of Medicine, Divsion of Cardiology
The vast majority of patients with persistent AF can be rendered asymptomatic with AV nodal blocking drugs and don’t require ablation. …
Management and Consequences of Atrial Fibrillation
August 2, 2007
Commentary by Timothy Wong, MD
A group of short articles focusing on the consequences and management of atrial fibrillation (AF) recently appeared in the July 7th issue of the Health section of …
Are beta blockers indicated in cirrhotics with small varices?
August 1, 2007
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 …