Commentary by Josh Olstein MD, Associate Editor, Clinical Correlations
This week, the most popular health-care related story in the lay press was the news about Medicare’s plan to no longer cover the additional …
Clinical Correlations
The NYU Langone Health Online Journal of Medicine
The Discharge Summary: A Prerequisite for Quality Care
August 24, 2007
Commentary by Cara Litvin MD, Executive Editor, Clinical Correlations
I frowned as my patient handed over some papers to me at a regularly scheduled follow-up clinic visit. For the second time in a row, he …
X-Ray Visions: Mystery Quiz
August 22, 2007A 46 year old male with a past medical history of hypertension presents to the emergency room complaining of constant throbbing epigastric pain for one day. He rates the pain as 7/10, with some radiation to his chest. He reports some mild nausea, but denies diarrhea or constipation. He does endorse a bloated sensation for the …
An Update on Multiple Sclerosis
August 21, 2007
Commentary by Jacqueline Friedman, MD, Clinical Associate Professor of Neurology, Director, New York Region Veterans Administration Multiple Sclerosis Center of Excellence
Multiple sclerosis (MS), a chronic disease of the central nervous system, …
Shortcuts-This Week in the Journals
August 20, 2007
Commentary By: Neil Shapiro, M.D. Editor-in-Chief Clinical Correlations
As summer winds down and the weather prematurely cools off, this weeks shortcuts finds us focusing on the genetics of coumadin treatment, the very …
Reemergence of the Great Imitator: Overview of the Diagnosis and Treatment of Syphilis
August 17, 2007
Commentary by Rosemary Adamson, PGY2, Deena Altman PGY-1 and Harold Horowitz, Professor of Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases
Syphilis is back! You know the drill: an 80-something year old man presents with …
Clinical Pathology Conference 8/16/07
August 16, 2007
Case Presentation By: Marshall Fordyce, Senior Chief Resident
Welcome to the monthly posting of our NYU Department of Medicine’s Clinical Pathology Conference. Use the links below to review the case and …
Clinical Pharmacology Corner: Beta-Adrenergic Receptors Antagonists
August 14, 2007
Commentary by Helen Kourlas, PharmD
Beta-adrenergic receptor antagonists, commonly known as beta-blockers (B-blockers) have been used for decades to treat hypertension, ischemic heart disease and some arrhythmias – and more recently to …