Charles Levine
Faculty peer reviewed
Excessive consumption of ethanol (EtOH) has many deleterious effects on the human body. The heart is a target of damage from EtOH consumption, as chronic …
Category: Systems
Clinical Correlations
Tailoring Colon Cancer Screening
October 29, 2009
Guidelines for Colorectal Cancer Screening and the Recent Evidence Behind Them
 Nazia Hasan, MD MPH
Faculty peer reviewed
For most residents, screening for colorectal cancer (CRC) may seem as established as that for breast …
Mystery Quiz- The Answer
October 27, 2009Vivian Hayashi MD and Robert Smith MD, Mystery Quiz Section Editors
The answer to the mystery quiz is thoracic splenosis. The key to the solution is the past medical history of a gunshot wound. Shrapnel is seen on the plain CXR (Image 1) as well as in …
Mystery Quiz
October 23, 2009Vivian Hayashi MD and Robert Smith MD, Mystery Quiz Section Editors
A 61 year old man was referred to the pulmonary service for an abnormal pulmonary function test (PFT). The patient was a lifelong smoker and had symptoms suggestive of obstructive sleep apnea. The PFT showed a …
How to interpret troponins in renal disease?
October 21, 2009
Ivan Saraiva MD
Case: A 68-year-old man, with a history of stable angina and end-stage renal disease treated by …
It’s Lyme Season: How Should You Manage the Tick-bitten Patient?
October 14, 2009
Joshua Allen-Dicker
Faculty peer reviewed
A healthy 42-year old patient presents to your office after a day of hiking with his family in Upstate New York. This morning in …
Medicine by the Numbers
October 9, 2009
Chris Tully MD
Faculty peer reviewed
What is the number of patients needed to prophylax to prevent an episode of venous thromboembolism in a hospitalized medical patient?
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What is Wellens’ Syndrome?
October 7, 2009Erin Ducharme MD
Faculty peer reviewed
Wellens’ syndrome refers to a pattern of ECG signs occurring during chest-pain free periods in patients with unstable angina, heralding critical, proximal left anterior descending artery (LAD) stenosis [1,2]. The eponym honors Dr. Hein J.J. Wellens who first described this …