Welcome to Class Act, a new feature of Clinical Correlations. Class act will feature posts written by NYU 3rd and 4th year medical students. These posts will focus on evidenced based answers to clinical questions related to …
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A Case of Celiac Disease and Diagnostic Clues
July 12, 2007
Commentary by Josh Olstein MD, Chief Resident NYU Internal Medicine
Mr. J is a 56 year old Caucasian gentleman who presented with complaints of “I just can’t do what I used to be able to do. I just don’t …
Bedside Rounds: What is Lasegue’s Sign?
July 10, 2007
Commentary by Judith Brenner MD, Associate Program Director, NYU Internal Medicine Residency Program
A 66 year old woman with a history of dyslipidemia and remote tobacco use presents with a sudden onset of pain located in her posterior left thigh radiating down her …
How do you assess a patient’s risk for recurrent DVT?
July 6, 2007
Commentary by Sean Cavanaugh MD, Associate Editor, Clinical Correlations
A 51-year-old man with a history of DVT diagnosed seven months ago presents to your clinic for follow up. He has no family history of blood clots. He …
Meeting Perspectives: The ADA Scientific Sessions: Advances in the Pharmacologic Management of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
July 5, 2007
Commentary by Mitchell Charap MD, Senior Associate Program Director, NYU Internal Medicine Residency Program
Caveat: What follows below reflects my perspective on new and old pharmacologic approaches to Type 2 Diabetes. It is not intended to be …
Should All Patients with Hepatitis C Be Screened for Hepatocelluar Carcinoma?
July 3, 2007
Should patients with Hepatitis C (HCV) with no evidence of cirrhosis undergo screening for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)? Is there any reason to check for HCC when the liver associated enzymes (LAEs) are normal?
-Sandeep Mangalmurti, PGY-2
Commentary by Mike Poles …
How Do you Approach a Patient with Primary Hyperaldosteronism?
June 28, 2007
An 80 year old male with atrial fibrillation, hypertension, hypokalemia is diagnosed with hyperaldosteronism with an aldosterone to renin ratio of 34.5/0.15=230 . CT scan reveals a right adrenal 1 cm presumed adenoma
Questions:
1. How do you accurately …
Meeting Perspectives-ASCO 2007
June 26, 2007
Commentary By: Theresa Ryan, M.D. Assistant Professor, Division of Oncology
During the first five days in June, the American Society of Clinical Oncology met in Chicago for their 43rd annual meeting. The theme of this meeting was “Translating Research into Practice,” …