Vivian Hayashi MD and Robert Smith MD, Mystery Quiz Section Editors
The patient is a 42 year old man with a history of non-productive cough for several weeks. Three weeks prior to evaluation by the pulmonary service, the patient presented to the ER with a presumed vasovagal …
Commentary by Benjamin Bergman MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
Weather’s getting good. But the world is still dangerous, and we have to labor against diseases, ancient as well as new. That …
Eunice Kang, MD
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has confirmed eight cases of swine influenza A (A/H1N1) virus infection in New York City, in addition to a dozen cases caused …
Commentary by Jessica Lambert MD
Please also see the clinical vignette presented before Grand Rounds on the 8th of April.
The Medical Grand Rounds presentation on April 8, 2009, titled “10 Moveable Objects,” was delivered by …
Michael T. Tees, MD, MPH
On the wards and in the clinic, the physician is frequently presented with a patient with a decreased appetite and alarming weight loss. The patient is …
Barbara Porter, MD MPH Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, NYU Medical Center
This week was marked by two historic summits: the annual Summit of the Americas, where leaders from the western hemisphere gathered …
Frederick Gandolfo, MD
Case: An 85 year-old woman admitted to the hospital with pneumonia and after a prolonged hospital course developed heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT). She is …
Summary by Daniel Frenkel MD
Please also see the clinical vignette presented before grand rounds on the 1st of April.
In his grand rounds lecture on April 1st 2009, Dr. …