Research Activity

Click a link below to view recent research activity from the Internal Medicine Residency at New York Hospital Queens.

• Intervention by an infectious disease physician to improve adequacy of follow up of positive blood culture reported by the microbiology laboratory in an urban teaching hospital
• Rifaximin Salvage Therapy for Metronidazole-Resistant Clostridium difficile Infection—a Prospective Pilot Trial 
• Abstract: Institutional Subcutaneous Insulin Protocol: Utilizing Computerized Prescriber Order Entry Eliminates Sliding Scale Orders 
• Poster: Institutional Subcutaneous Insulin Protocol Utilizing Computerized Prescriber Order Entry Eliminates Sliding Scale Orders
• The Role of Procalcitonin in Patients with Suspected Pulmonary Tuberculosis
• Percentage of Gastric Cancer patients presenting with advanced/unresectable disease
• Albumin Levels in a Newly Intubated Critically Ill Patient
• Argon Plasma Coagulation with 1% Alum Irrigation Reduces Re-bleeding Associated with Radiation Proctitis 
• EUS with Trucut Biopsy for Diagnosis of Intra-abdominal Tuberculosis

Many other recent research projects in our program were highlighted at the
recent Residents and Fellows Lang Research Day event.