Commentary by Michael Poles MD, Associate Editor, Clinical Correlations
It’s time again for this week’s shortcuts, and I have got some interesting things to discuss. Anyone who has spent time in our hospitals …
Clinical Correlations
The NYU Langone Health Online Journal of Medicine
Clinical Pathology Conference 4/08
April 10, 2008
Case presentation by Alana Choy-Shan MD, Chief Resident
Welcome to the monthly posting of our NYU Department of Medicine’s Clinical Pathology Conference. Use the link below to review the case, followed by a slide presentation of the radiological findings. Feel free to make …
Grand Rounds: “ANCA-Associated Vasculitis: Update for Internists”
April 9, 2008
Commentary by Aditya Matoo MD, PGY-2
This week’s medicine grand rounds was given by Dr. Peter Merkel, M.D., M.P.H., Associate Professor of Medicine, Section of Rheumatology and Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Boston University …
ShortCuts-This Week in the Journals
April 7, 2008
Commentary by Neil Shapiro, MD, Editor in Chief, Clinical Correlations
The hot news stories this week were the early release articles highlighted at the American College of Cardiology (ACC) meetings. We will save most …
The Thirty-six Million Dollar Rectal Exam
April 2, 2008
Commentary by Zackary Berger MD PhD, PGY-2, Health Care Policy Section Editor
Medical protocol and consent on trial in the New York Supreme Court.
In 2004, while working at a construction site, Brian Persaud …
ShortCuts-This Week in the Journals
March 31, 2008
Commentary by Sean Cavanaugh MD, Associate Editor, Clinical Correlations
We start this week’s Shortcuts with the cheery news that another drug is being investigated for a possible association with mood disorder and suicidality. First …
The Rational Clinical Examination: Does This Patient with Diabetes Have Osteomyelitis of the Lower Extremity?
March 28, 2008Commentary by Judith Brenner MD, Associate Program Director, NYU Internal Medicine Residency Program
The most recent installment in JAMA’s Rational Clinical Exam Series seeks to determine the accuracy of the history, physical exam, radiology and laboratory in making the diagnosis of osteomyelitis in diabetics. This is relevant given …
Noninvasive Cardiac Imaging: Coronary CT Angiography
March 26, 2008
Commentary by Matt LaBarbera MD, PGY-3 and Rob Donnino, MD Instructor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology
Coronary CT angiography (CCTA) is a noninvasive imaging modality which can be used to evaluate the anatomy of the …