Commentary by Dr. Daniel Labovitz, Director of the NYU Stroke Center
After an 8-year hiatus, the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association has at last published a fresh set of guidelines on the management of acute spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) [Stroke 2007: …
The big bomb this past week was the Rosiglitazone Effect. Resulting in front page news in various newspapers (on multiple days), the meta-analysis in last week’s NEJM is causing quite the stir. For more information, see the …
A 31 year old female with hypertension and proteinuria secondary to IgA nephropathy, currently treated with an ARB, presents to clinic stating that she would like to become pregnant.
What is the risk of fetal morbidity in the setting of …
Back in December we reported on the FDA cautioning practioners about the use of gadolinium (an mri contrast agent) in patients with chronic kidney disease. The FDA is now requesting a black box warning stating “that patients with severe kidney insufficiency who receive gadolinium-based agents are at risk for developing a debilitating, …
Commentary by Seagram Villagomez MD, Chief Resident
Since its approval in 1999, nearly 1 million Americans have used the thiazolidinedione (TZD) rosiglitazone (Avandia – GlaxoSmithKline) for the treatment of Type 2 Diabetes. However, in a drug class which seems plagued …
This week’s review is a potpourri of interesting if not groundbreaking articles.
The pharmaceutical industry certainly got off easier this week (see last week’s shortcuts) and the New York Times focused instead on the “industrialization” of the art of medicine. A hospital group …
Please review the posting of last week’s CPC Case here.
When you’re ready you can download the CPC Answer here.
We’d like to introduce you to Clinical Correlations’ newest feature-Clinical Pharmacy Corner. This will be a bimonthly pharmacy themed post which will tackle both basic and complicated pharmacy issues. We will review the mechanisms of actions of various classes of medications, a worthwhile refresher for those of us …