By Miguel A. Saldivar, MD
Peer ReviewedÂ
When a patient with diabetes comes into a clinic or hospital, it is not uncommon to hear the question, “Is he/she on an angiotensin-converting-enzyme (ACE) inhibitor (ACEI) or an angiotensin-receptor blocker (ARB)?” Most clinicians know …
By Amar Parikh, MD
Peer Reviewed
This week, the nation was rocked by the decision of a Staten Island grand jury to not indict Officer Daniel Pantaleo in the death of …
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By Benjamin Wu, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
Mr. T is a 53-year-old man, with history significant for cholelithiasis. He decides to have an elective …
Vivian Hayashi MD, Robert Smith MD
The patient is an 82 year old man with frequent breathlessness. The patient had been admitted several times in the past two years for congestive heart failure. Two years earlier, the patient suffered an NSTEMI. A diagnostic cardiac catheterization revealed triple vessel coronary disease. A …
By Matthew Weiss, MD
Peer Reviewed
Background:
The number of worldwide air travelers is expected to surpass 3.3 billion by 2015 and possibly double by 2030 [1]. These changes will likely …
By Chio Yokose, MD
Peer Reviewed
As temperatures took a noticeable dip earlier this week in New York City, prompting many of us to begrudgingly pull out our heavy down coats and boots …
By Matthew Light, MD
Peer Reviewed
A 79 year-old female, 20 pack-year ex-smoker with history of mild systolic congestive heart failure is referred to the emergency department (ED) after an outpatient visit with her …
By Max Padgett, MD, MPH
Peer Reviewed
The United States and China, the two largest producers of greenhouse gases, have reached a historic agreement on reducing carbon emissions. President Obama announced that the …