By Jessica Taff, MD
As the 3 major teaching hospitals that make up NYU Medical Center begin to come back online, we thought it was the right time to share …
Category: Tales from the Bedside
Clinical Correlations
Tales of Survival: An Open Letter to My Patient Mrs. B.
March 2, 2012
By Vivek Murthy
Case report:
Mrs. B is a 68-year-old female with a PMH of small cell lung CA metastatic to the liver s/p last chemo six weeks ago presenting …
Tales of Survival: Physical Exam
July 15, 2011
By John Hwang
General
Patient is a demented, chronically ill elderly male lying in bed attached to a ventilator, appearing anything but his stated age. Contracted in a fetal position, huddled under the bed sheet with only his bald …
An Intern In The ER
April 1, 2011
By Demetrios Tzimas, MD
New York City. Bellevue Hospital Center. July 17, 2009. 1:53 pm. Intern Year. Long Call.
“Go down to the ER. There’s a guy with chest pain …
Tales of Survival: My White Coat
February 3, 2011
By Kristen Mattei
Faculty Peer Reviewed
Mr. H was an 85-year-old former merchant marine and self-proclaimed lothario who presented to the VA emergency room with a six-month history of lymphadenopathy, …
My Chief Complaint
September 17, 2010
By Laurel Naversen Geraghty, MS4
Faculty Peer Reviewed
CC: “I’m stuck in the hospital at 9:30 p.m.”
HPI: L.G., a female G1P1 medical student immediately s/p the grueling hours …
Tales of Survival: Snapshots of Bellevue at Night
September 10, 2010
Christopher Tully, MD
Bellevue is a beast. I’m not sure if there is any other way to describe it. The corridors feel as if the streets of New York City have spilled into its sprawling confines as patients, …
A Tale of Olympic Survival
June 17, 2010
By David Chong, MD
As the world watched the greatest athletes gather to compete in Vancouver, I was on a plane to Haiti. Just getting on the plane was quite a …