Overall, it seemed like a relatively quiet week in the news world. Winter weather perseveres, Larry Birkhead is the father, and Sanjaya is still singing (or trying to). A perusal of the week’s medicine journals, however, is somewhat uplifting as …
Clinical Correlations
The NYU Langone Health Online Journal of Medicine
Quick Thinking Part 3
April 13, 2007
Welcome to Quick Thinking. A case is presented in short sections to a faculty expert who will comment on their approach to the patient as the case unfolds. These posts will focus on determining the initial differential diagnoses and diagnostic workups of complicated patient …
New Guidelines on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Venous Thromboembolism-Part 1
April 12, 2007
Commentary By: Margaret Horlick, MD, PGY-3
New guidelines on the diagnosis and treatment of venous thromboembolism (VTE) were recently jointly issued by the American Academy of Family Physicians and the American College of Physicians. The guidelines are based on a systematic …
Does Screening for Lung Cancer Improve Mortality?
April 10, 2007
Commentary By: Anna Dvorak, MDPGY-3
Lung cancer is the number one cause of cancer mortality in both men and women. Screening patients at risk for lung cancer might reduce mortality if it helps find cancers at an early stage while they are …
ShortCuts-This Week in the Journals
April 9, 2007
The April 3rd issue of the Annals provides guidelines for screening mammography in women age 40-49. In the article and an accompanying editorial, the authors suggest that in women younger than age 50, the possible modest benefit of routine mammography …
Quick Thinking Part 2
April 6, 2007
Welcome to Quick Thinking a new feature of Clinical Correlations. A case will be presented in short sections to a faculty expert who will comment on their approach to the patient as the case unfolds. These posts will focus on the thought process involved in determining …
Meeting Perspectives: The 2007 American College of Cardiology Scientific Session
April 5, 2007
Commentary By: Steven Sedlis, MD Associate Professor of Medicine, Chief, Division of Cardiology Manhattan Veterans Administration Medical Center
The 56th annual scientific session of the American College of Cardiology was held in New Orleans on March 24-27. The site of the meeting …
Book Review: How Doctors Think-Jerome Groopman, MD
April 3, 2007
Commentary By David Shapiro, MD, Former Chief of Allergy and Immunology, Winthrop University Medical Center and New York Ear Infirmary Hospital, Attending Physician OPD Allergy and Immunology, New York Hospital (and most importantly, father of Neil Shapiro, MD)
I highly recommend a …