Male osteoporosis: epidemiology and the pathogenesis of aging bonesJessica K Lambert
The Mount Sinai Bone Program and Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA
Curr Osteoporos Rep 9:229-36. 2011
..Overall, men have less microstructural damage with aging and beneficial geometric adaptations that lead to stronger bones, compared with women, and thus their overall lower risk of fractures...
Hypoglycemia in the intensive care unitJeffrey I Mechanick
Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Bone Disease, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York 10128, USA
Curr Opin Clin Nutr Metab Care 10:193-6. 2007
..To review recent articles and evaluate hypoglycemia as a major complication of intensive insulin therapy in anticipation of emerging data from current clinical studies...
- Progress in the preoperative diagnosis of thyroid nodules: managing uncertainties and the ultimate role for molecular investigation
J I Mechanick
Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Bone Disease, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10128, USA
Biomed Pharmacother 60:396-404. 2006
..A better solution may ultimately involve the use of molecular markers of thyroid carcinogenesis but further research is still needed regarding the basic biology of thyroid cancer...
- Metabolic mechanisms of stress hyperglycemia
Jeffrey I Mechanick
Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Bone Diseases, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, 1192 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10128, USA
JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr 30:157-63. 2006
..Intervention not only involves insulinization according to neurofuzzy logic but also targeting more proximate events with cognitive/behavioral therapy and hypothalamic releasing factors...
- Gonadal steroids in critical illness
Jeffrey I Mechanick
Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Bone Disease, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, 1192 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10128, USA
Crit Care Clin 22:87-103, vii. 2006
..However, during the post-critical illness recovery phase, when anabolism is critical, androgen therapy may still be useful and safe...
- Special commentary: a call for intensive metabolic support
Jeffrey I Mechanick
Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Bone Disease, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA
Curr Opin Clin Nutr Metab Care 11:666-70. 2008
..This special commentary addresses recent clinical reviews regarding appropriate nutrition and metabolic support in the critical care setting...
- Nutrition and the chronically critically ill patient
Jeffrey I Mechanick
Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Bone Disease, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, USA
Curr Opin Clin Nutr Metab Care 8:33-9. 2005
..The nutritional approach to CCI patients is presented here as part of a comprehensive metabolic program to increase their survival and quality of life...
- Practical aspects of nutritional support for wound-healing patients
Jeffrey I Mechanick
Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Bone Diseases, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA
Am J Surg 188:52-6. 2004
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- Thyroid cancer: the impact of emerging technologies on clinical practice guidelines
Jeffrey I Mechanick
Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Bone Disease, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, United States
Biomed Pharmacother 62:554-8. 2008
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- Endocrine and metabolic issues in the management of the chronically critically ill patient
Jeffrey I Mechanick
Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Bone Disease, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, One Gustave L Levy Place, New York, NY 10029, USA
Crit Care Clin 18:619-41, viii. 2002
..CCI patients can also present unique challenges in the management of diabetes mellitus, thyroid and adrenal diseases, electrolyte abnormalities and hypogonadism...
- Nutrition support of the chronically critically ill patient
Jeffrey I Mechanick
Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Bone Disease, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, One Gustave L Levy Place, New York, NY 10029, USA
Crit Care Clin 18:597-618. 2002
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- American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists Protocol for Standardized Production of Clinical Practice Guidelines--2010 update
Jeffrey I Mechanick
Endocr Pract 16:270-83. 2010
..Lastly, the final recommendations are linked to a new electronic implementation feature...
- Proposal for subspecialty physician fellowship training in nutrition and health promotion
Jeffrey I Mechanick
Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr 34:57S-62S. 2010
..At the conclusion of the training program, NHP fellows should have fulfilled board certification eligibility requirements so that they may later become NHP experts and mentors to perpetuate this subspecialty...
- Glycemic control and nutritional strategies in the cardiothoracic surgical intensive care unit--2010: state of the art
Jeffrey I Mechanick
Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Bone Disease, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA
Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 22:230-5. 2010
..This approach advocates an IIT blood glucose target of 80-110 mg/dL if, it can be implemented safely, with early nutrition support (using parenteral nutrition as needed) to prevent a critical energy debt...
- Bariatric surgery and the role of the clinical endocrinologist: 2011 update
Jeffrey I Mechanick
Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Bone Disease, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA
Endocr Pract 17:788-97. 2011
..To discuss the emerging roles of bariatric surgery and clinical endocrinology within the context of obesity and diabetes mellitus comprehensive care plans and cost-effective strategies...
- Nutrition support and the chronic critical illness syndrome
Jason M Hollander
Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Bone Disease, Mount Sinai of Medicine, New York, NY 10128, USA
Nutr Clin Pract 21:587-604. 2006
..It is our hope that this clinical model can generate testable hypotheses that can improve the outcome of this unique population of patients...
- Bone hyperresorption is prevalent in chronically critically ill patients
D M Nierman
Department of Medicine, The Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY 10029 6574, USA
Chest 114:1122-8. 1998
..The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of bone hyperresorption and parathyroid hormone (PTH)-vitamin D axis abnormalities in these patients...
- Hypotestosteronemia in chronically critically ill men
D M Nierman
Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY 10029 6574, USA
Crit Care Med 27:2418-21. 1999
..To determine the prevalence of hypotestosteronemia in chronically critically ill (CCI) men...
- Critique of normoglycemia in intensive care evaluation: survival using glucose algorithm regulation (NICE-SUGAR)--a review of recent literature
Corey Scurlock
Department of Anesthesiology and Cardiothoracic Surgery, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA
Curr Opin Clin Nutr Metab Care 13:211-4. 2010
..This review of the recent literature critically examines the salient differences between NICE-SUGAR and the original Leuven study...
- Chromium infusion reverses extreme insulin resistance in a cardiothoracic ICU patient
Michael Via
Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Endocrinology, New York, NY 10128, USA
Nutr Clin Pract 23:325-8. 2008
..Prospective clinical trials using intravenous chromium may provide the means to optimize intensive insulin therapy for critically ill patients...
Effect of a convenient single 90-mg pamidronate dose on biochemical markers of bone metabolism in patients with acute spinal cord injuryJeffrey I Mechanick
Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Bone Disease, Mt Sinai School of Medicine, 1192 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10128, USA
J Spinal Cord Med 29:406-12. 2006
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- Early nutrition support in the intensive care unit: a US perspective
Corey Scurlock
Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit, Department of Anesthesiology and Cardiothoracic Surgery, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA
Curr Opin Clin Nutr Metab Care 11:152-5. 2008
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- Biochemical response to treatment of bone hyperresorption in chronically critically ill patients
D M Nierman
Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY 10029 6574, USA
Chest 118:761-6. 2000
..The objective of this present study was to determine the biochemical response of bone hyperresorption in CCI patients to treatment with either calcitriol alone or calcitriol and pamidronate...
- Bone physiology and therapeutics in chronic critical illness
Michael A Via
Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Beth Israel Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, USA
Ann N Y Acad Sci 1211:85-94. 2010
..We review the mechanisms by which these factors contribute to the metabolic bone disease of chronic critical illness and suggest potential therapeutics...
- Intensive metabolic support: evolution and revolution
Corey Scurlock
Cardiothoracic Surgical Intensive Care Unit, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA
Endocr Pract 14:1047-54. 2008
..To describe a new aspect of critical care termed intensive metabolic support...
- American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists, Associazione Medici Endocrinologi, and European Thyroid Association medical guidelines for clinical practice for the diagnosis and management of thyroid nodules
H Gharib
Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, Metabolism, and Nutrition, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
J Endocrinol Invest 33:1-50. 2010
..Any decision by practitioners to apply these guidelines must be made in light of local resources and individual patient circumstances...
- Impact of new technologies on metabolic care in the intensive care unit
Corey Scurlock
Cardiothoracic Surgical Intensive Care Unit, Department of Anesthesiology and Cardiothoracic Surgery, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York 10029, USA
Curr Opin Clin Nutr Metab Care 12:196-200. 2009
..The purpose of this article is to describe the impact of RRT and VAD on critical care medicine with particular reference to metabolic care...
- Diagnostic accuracy of fine-needle aspiration and frozen section in nodular thyroid disease
D L Mandell
Department of Otolaryngology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York 10029, USA
Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 124:531-6. 2001
..SIGNIFICANCE: The study results will assist with intra-institutional patient counseling and intraoperative decision-making with respect to FNA and FS results in patients with nodular thyroid disease...
- A normal variant on Tl-201 and Tc-99m MIBI whole-body imaging: the superior right atrial wall (auricle) and superoanterior right ventricular wall are often seen as mediastinal lesions
C K Kim
Division of Nuclear Medicine of the Department of Radiology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine of New York University, One Gustave L Levy Place, New York, NY 10029, USA
Clin Nucl Med 26:412-8. 2001
..The objective of this study was to assess the frequency of this finding on Tl-201 MIBI studies, to assess the incidence of true pathologic lesions corresponding to these foci, and to identify their nature...
- American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists, Associazione Medici Endocrinologi, and European Thyroid Association medical guidelines for clinical practice for the diagnosis and management of thyroid nodules: executive summary of recommendations
H Gharib
Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, Metabolism, and Nutrition, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
J Endocrinol Invest 33:51-6. 2010
..Any decision by practitioners to apply these guidelines must be made in light of local resources and individual patient circumstances...
- Dietary supplements and nutraceuticals in the management of andrologic disorders
Ronald Tamler
Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Bone Disease, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, 1 Gustave L Levy Place, Box 1055, New York, NY 10029, USA
Endocrinol Metab Clin North Am 36:533-52. 2007
..Dietary supplements and nutraceuticals, particularly those addressing erectile dysfunction and libido, need to undergo rigorous testing before they can be wholeheartedly recommended...
- The rational use of dietary supplements and nutraceuticals in clinical medicine
Jeffrey I Mechanick
Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Bone Diseases, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA
Mt Sinai J Med 72:161-5. 2005
..There are many evidence-based and rational uses for DS/N, but profiteering and quackery must be avoided at all costs...
- Diabetes is not a risk factor for hospital mortality following contemporary coronary artery bypass grafting
Farzan Filsoufi
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, 1190 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10029 1028, USA
Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg 6:753-8. 2007
..Therefore, our data suggest that diabetes may, in fact, not be a risk factor for adverse outcome following CABG. However, long-term survival in diabetics remains significantly inferior compared to non-diabetics...
- Can lesser-known causes of obesity help build a more predictive physiological model?
Caroline M Apovian
Curr Opin Endocrinol Diabetes Obes 15:401-2. 2008
- Preoperative parathyroid localization: correlating false-negative technetium 99m sestamibi scans with parathyroid disease
Richard W Westreich
Department of Otolaryngology, Mount Sinai Hospital, 1 Gustave L Levy Place, New York, NY 10029, USA
Laryngoscope 113:567-72. 2003
..However, in each reported series there exists a group of patients in whom preoperative localization is either equivocal or negative...
- American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists, The Obesity Society, and American Society for Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery Medical guidelines for clinical practice for the perioperative nutritional, metabolic, and nonsurgical support of the bariat
Jeffrey I Mechanick
Endocr Pract 14:1-83. 2008
- Complementary and alternative medicine and the management of the metabolic syndrome
Jason M Hollander
University Medical Center at Princeton, Princeton, NJ, USA
J Am Diet Assoc 108:495-509. 2008
..The proven alternative therapies discussed herein can provide a starting point for patients to gain ownership of their disease and to make positive choices into the future to halt the effects of MSDR...
- Nutrition support in critically ill patients: switching to evidence based
Jeffrey I Mechanick
Curr Opin Clin Nutr Metab Care 9:117-9. 2006
- Nutrition support and metabolic control: from evidence-based to systems biology
René L Chioléro
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne, Switzerland
Curr Opin Clin Nutr Metab Care 10:175-7. 2007
