By Jonathan Glatt
Peer Reviewed
It was my first week on the wards as a third-year medical student, and I found myself huddled with the team in a busy corner of the Bellevue ED, listening to …
By Jonathan Glatt
Peer Reviewed
It was my first week on the wards as a third-year medical student, and I found myself huddled with the team in a busy corner of the Bellevue ED, listening to …
By: Miguel A. Saldivar, MD
Peer Reviewed
“Indeterminate.” Many clinicians have expressed frustration when reading this word on a Quantiferon-TB Gold test result. The obligate follow-up question is: what is the next best step? Repeat …
By Susanna Jeurling
Peer Reviewed
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recently finalized its position regarding annual low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) scanning for early detection of lung cancer. The grade B recommendation states …
Elizabeth Mulaikal MD, Vivian Hayashi MD, Robert Smith MD
The answer to the mystery quiz is pulmonary Mycobacterium kansasii infection. The patient’s clinical presentation of fevers and night sweats suggested an infectious process or B symptoms due to lymphoma. The initial chest radiograph (image 1) demonstrated a left hilar mass which …
Elizabeth Mulaikal MD, Vivian Hayashi MD, Robert Smith MD
The patient is a 55 year old African American male with a 60 pack year history of tobacco use and AIDS,who presented with 1 month of intermittent fevers and weight loss. His most recent CD4 count and viral load were 2/cmm and …
By Han Na Kim
Faculty Peer Reviewed
Case:
The patient is a 50-year-old woman with history of steroid-dependent, severe, persistent asthma since childhood and coronary artery disease who presented with dyspnea and URI symptoms …
By Andrew L. Weinstein
Faculty Peer Reviewed
You have just completed a certification course in basic life support and are competent at performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) using chest compressions, a CPR mask, a bag-valve …
By Benjamin Lok
Faculty Peer Reviewed
Lung cancer is the most common cause of cancer deaths globally [1] and responsible for an estimated 221,120 new cases and 156,940 deaths in 2011 …