Publications by authors named "Sujatha Pitani"

Objective: The ubiquity of electronic health records (EHRs) has made incorporating EHRs into medical practice an essential component of resident's training. Patient encounters, an important element of practice, are impacted by EHRs through factors that include increasing documentation requirements. This research sheds light on the role of EHRs on resident clinical skills development with emphasis on their role in patient encounters.

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Polyarteritis nodosa (PAN) is a rare multisystem vasculopathy that predominantly affects medium-sized arteries. Involvement of the cardiac and/or pulmonary vasculature may be fatal. We describe a 67-year-old Japanese male who presented with multiple coronary artery aneurysms and subsequently developed lower extremity gangrene.

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