Commentary by Erin E. Ducharme MD, PGY-1
Faculty Peer Reviewed
Daylight Saving time Saving Nobody: In addition to long known effects including confusion and annoyance, new research suggests turning the clock back an hour …
Clinical Correlations
The NYU Langone Health Online Journal of Medicine
Mystery Quiz- The Answer
November 8, 2008Posted by Vivian Hayashi MD and Robert Smith MD, Mystery Quiz Section Editors
The answer to the mystery quiz is heart failure. The CXR shows bibasilar opacities with hilar fullness on the right. The CT images are remarkable for bilateral effusions, with dependent opacities that increase in density along the anterior-posterior axis. The lung …
Grand Rounds: “A New Mechanism of Platelet Thrombus Regulation Induced by ADAMTS-18: Clinical Implications”
November 6, 2008
Commentary by Yelena Kopyltsova MD, PGY-2
Please also see the clinical vignette presented before last week’s grand rounds.
Last week’s grand rounds speaker was Simon Karpatkin MD, NYU Professor of Medicine & Director of the NYU Division of Hematology. In the 80s, multiple cases of autoimmune …
ShortCuts- This Week in the Journals
November 4, 2008
Commentary by Elizabeth Sedlis, MD PGY-2
Reviewed by Judith Brenner, MD, Associate Editor, Clinical Correlations
This past week was filled with heart racing mid-fall traditions which brought New Yorkers out to the streets in …
Mystery Quiz
October 30, 2008Posted by Vivian Hayashi MD and Robert Smith MD, Mystery Quiz Section Editors
The patient is a 61 year old man with a history of diabetes, chronic kidney disease, and poorly controlled hypertension on five medications who was in his usual state of health until three days prior to admission when he noted …
Grand Rounds: State of the Science: Current/Future Directions and Controversies in Health Literacy Research
October 29, 2008
Commentary by Rosemary Adamson MD, PGY-3
Please also see the clinical vignette presented before last week’s grand rounds.
The topic of medicine grand rounds this week, health literacy, seemed likely to be dear to the heart of any Bellevue doctor, …
ShortCuts- This Week in the Journals
October 27, 2008
Commentary by Josh Remick MD, NYU Senior Chief Resident
As this endless political campaign is entering its final days, I’d like to start this week’s ShortCuts with a plug to vote. It doesn’t …
The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA)
October 25, 2008
Commentary by Bani Chander MD, PGY-3. Reviewed by Antonella Surbone MD PhD FACP, Ethics Section Editor.
On May 21, 2008, president George W. Bush signed the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) into effect. After 13 …