Welcome to Quick Thinking a new feature of Clinical Correlations. A case will be presented in short sections to a faculty expert who will comment on their approach to the patient as the case unfolds. These posts will focus on the thought process involved in determining the …
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Book Review: How Doctors Think-Jerome Groopman, MD
April 3, 2007Commentary By David Shapiro, MD, Former Chief of Allergy and Immunology, Winthrop University Medical Center and New York Ear Infirmary Hospital, Attending Physician OPD Allergy and Immunology, New York Hospital (and most importantly, father of Neil Shapiro, MD)
I highly recommend a new …
Quick Thinking #1
March 30, 2007Welcome to Quick Thinking a new feature of Clinical Correlations. A case will be presented piece by piece to a faculty expert who will comment on their approach to the case as it unfolds. Differential diagnoses and diagnostic workups will form the basis …
Notice: Med-Surg Conference Thursday 3/29 in the Saul Farber Auditorium, Bellevue Hospital
March 27, 2007Our next med-surg conference is Thursday March 29 at 4:30pm. It will be comprised of two heated debates. The first will be a debate over the need for surgery in asymptomatic patients with a severe carotid artery stenosis featuring Greg Mints, MD and vascular …
The Most Intriguing Medical Facts of 2006
March 13, 2007Although it’s almost spring and the spate of “best of the year” lists are now long gone, I recently came across this list from the AMA news. It’s a summary of their most intriguing facts of 2006. It’s fascinating stuff. Some of the …
Gone Fishin’
February 23, 2007Due to vital conflicting commitments (vacation), Clinical Correlations will be closed until March 6th when we will resume posting new content. This is the perfect opportunity to catch up on our previous content and to think about what you’d …
Will the VeinViewer Make the Blind Stick a Historical Footnote?
February 13, 2007Yes our housestaff is no longer the first line when blood or an iv is needed. However, maybe these tasks wouldn’t be such a big deal if this invention from the company Luminetx takes off. It uses light emitting diodes …
Happy New Year!!
December 29, 2006Clinical Correlations will be closed for the holiday weekend. We will resume posting on Tuesday January 2nd, 2007. I just wanted to take this opportunity to thank everyone who's been involved and contributed to making the inauguration of Clinical Correlations so successful. …