Commentary by Judith Brenner MD, Associate Program Director, NYU Internal Medicine Residency Program
Diabetic neuropathy is one of the most commonly encountered complications of diabetes mellitus. It is seen in up to 20% …
Clinical Correlations
The NYU Langone Health Online Journal of Medicine
ShortCuts-This Week in the Journals
October 2, 2007
Commentary by Danise Schiliro-Chuang MD, NYU Chief Resident
Let’s start on the theme of cardiovascular disease risk reduction, a topic making headlines this week. A September 28 New York Times article previews the release …
Rifaximin: A useful drug for travelers’ diarrhea
September 28, 2007
Commentary by Sumathi Sivapalasingam MD, NYU Division of Infectious Diseases
Rifaximin is an oral semi-synthetic analog of rifampin which is essentially not absorbed (bioavailability <0.4%) making it useful for the treatment of intra-luminal …
Inpatient Diabetes Management: Case 3
September 27, 2007
Commentary by Mary Vouyiouklis MD, Fellow, and Ann Danoff MD, Director, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, NYU Medical Center
Welcome to Case 3 of our special diabetes series intended to highlight the essentials …
Pay-for-Performance: The Future of Medicine?
September 26, 2007
Commentary by Sandeep Mangalmurti MD, JD PGY-2
“Pay-for performance” is the broadly encompassing term used to describe recent efforts to restructure physician compensation so that rewards are commensurate to performance. Initially limited to small …
ShortCuts-This Week in the Journals
September 23, 2007
Commentary by Cara Litvin MD, Executive Editor, Clinical Correlations
The sensation of déjà vu was likely very common this week. First, we experienced a flashback to 1994 when we saw OJ in handcuffs …
Breaking News: FDA Issues New Warnings for Haldol
September 21, 2007
Commentary by Helen Kourlas, PharmD
On September 17th 2007, the FDA issued an advisory warning healthcare professionals to avoid the use of higher than recommended doses of haloperidol, marketed as Haldol, Haldol Decanoate and Haldol …
Recent Legionella Outbreak in the Bronx
September 20, 2007
Commentary by Elizabeth Hackett MD, PGY-3
On July 25th, 2007, the NYC Department of Health released an advisory requesting that all New York City physicians maintain a high index of suspicion for Legionnaires’ disease in patients …