Over 100 cases have been reported to the FDA involving the use of Tamiflu and the development of hallucinations, delerium and other unusual behavior mainly in Japanese children. From the Chicago Tribune article "Health officials have been sensitive about …
Category: Systems
Clinical Correlations
Improving Stroke Recovery-The EXCITE Trial
November 9, 2006The EXCITE trial was the lead article in last week’s JAMA. It looks at a 2 week program of contstraint induced movement therapy vs. usual care in patients suffering a cva within the previous 3-9 months. Pt’s in the treatment arm wore a restraining mitt on …
Diagnostic Dilemma #1-Faculty Response
November 8, 2006Commentary By Michael Poles, M.D. Gastroenterologist, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Mircrobiology and Pathology.
Welcome blog readers to this inauguration of the NYU medicine blog. If the future cases are as interesting as this one, I am sure we will be having a lot of fun, and …
Diagnostic Dilemma #1
November 7, 2006
The first in our series of clinical cases with difficult management questions…
Question: 59 y.o. male with pmh notable for hyperlipidemia. Pt had normal lft's, which increased mildly when he was put on a statin. His basic hepatitis screen including …
Statins and CHF
November 3, 2006
This week’s JAMA has an enormous study that looks at chf patients and the use of statins. Data from ~25,000 patients with chf were analyzed for use of statin in the 120 days prior to the initial …
Headlines: Salmonella Outbreak
November 2, 2006The CDC and the FDA announced yesterday that they are investigating an outbreak of Salmonella typhimurium illness that has affected at least 171 people in 19 states. Symptoms include fever and nonbloody diarrhea. The outbreak seems to be subsiding and they are still unclear as to the source suspecting …
Syncope W/U
November 1, 2006Don’t forget to ask your patients whether they recently attended a screening of Saw III when they are admitted with syncope…
Listen Now to Thyroid Disorders
October 31, 2006Check out this example of the Cleveland Clinic podcast from their intensive internal medicine review course. Thyroid Disorders.