This week finds us talking about markers for chronic kidney disease (remember we’re no longer allowed to use terms such as renal insufficiency), a bit of positive news about a popular alternative medicine, a new inflammatory marker for coronary artery disease, a genetic …
Clinical Correlations
The NYU Langone Health Online Journal of Medicine
How do you assess a patient’s risk for recurrent DVT?
July 6, 2007
Commentary by Sean Cavanaugh MD, Associate Editor, Clinical Correlations
A 51-year-old man with a history of DVT diagnosed seven months ago presents to your clinic for follow up. He has no family history of blood clots. He has …
Meeting Perspectives: The ADA Scientific Sessions: Advances in the Pharmacologic Management of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
July 5, 2007
Commentary by Mitchell Charap MD, Senior Associate Program Director, NYU Internal Medicine Residency Program
Caveat: What follows below reflects my perspective on new and old pharmacologic approaches to Type 2 Diabetes. It is not intended to be a …
Should All Patients with Hepatitis C Be Screened for Hepatocelluar Carcinoma?
July 3, 2007
Should patients with Hepatitis C (HCV) with no evidence of cirrhosis undergo screening for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)? Is there any reason to check for HCC when the liver associated enzymes (LAEs) are normal?
-Sandeep Mangalmurti, PGY-2
Commentary by Mike Poles MD, …
Shortcuts-This Week in the Journals
July 2, 2007
Commentary By: Josh Olstein, M.D. Chief Resident Internal Medicine
This week, the NEJM released the results of a survey about needlestick injuries among surgical residents. The frequency of needlestick injuries were quite high, residents averaged 3.8 injuries across all years of training. By …
How Do you Approach a Patient with Primary Hyperaldosteronism?
June 28, 2007
An 80 year old male with atrial fibrillation, hypertension, hypokalemia is diagnosed with hyperaldosteronism with an aldosterone to renin ratio of 34.5/0.15=230 . CT scan reveals a right adrenal 1 cm presumed adenoma
Questions:
1. How do you accurately diagnose …
Meeting Perspectives-ASCO 2007
June 26, 2007
Commentary By: Theresa Ryan, M.D. Assistant Professor, Division of Oncology
During the first five days in June, the American Society of Clinical Oncology met in Chicago for their 43rd annual meeting. The theme of this meeting was “Translating Research into Practice,” emphasizing …
ShortCuts-This Week in The Journals
June 25, 2007
Commentary By: Sean Cavanaugh MD, Associate Editor Clinical Correlations
Not much in the way of surprise, a lot of the articles in the press this past week focused on cardiovascular health.
In the Lancet, the results of the VALIDD trial (the acronyms are …