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- VA Clinic: Is perioperative smoking cessation associated with increased risk for perioperative pulmonary complications?
- VA Hospital: What is the appropriate management for patients with dysphonia?
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Chiefs’ Inquiry Corner – 3/9/20
March 9, 2020- VA Clinic: Is there any benefit to increasing the dose of tamsulosin from 0.4 mg to 0.8 mg for the treatment of benign prostatic hypertrophy?
- Bellevue Hospital: Can fentanyl cause serotonin syndrome?
- VA Hospital: What is the significance of positive antiphospholipid antibodies?
Chiefs’ Inquiry Corner – 3/2/20
March 2, 2020- Bellevue Hospital: What is the appropriate initial workup for a patient with newly diagnosed atrial fibrillation?
- VA Clinic: Why did recommendations for PCV13 (Prevnar) vaccination in older adults change?
- Tisch/Kimmel: Which malignancies are people with HIV most at risk of developing?
Primecuts – This Week in the Journals
February 28, 2020
By Nasia Frattaroli, MD
Peer Reviewed
With medicine advancing at such a rapid pace, it is crucial for physicians to keep up with the medical literature. This can quickly become an overwhelming endeavor given the sheer …
Disseminated Kaposi’s Sarcoma and Other Lymphoproliferative Disorders in the Era of ART
February 19, 2020
By Allison Harrington, MD
Peer Reviewed
Learning Objectives:
- Understand the history and pathogenesis of Kaposi’s Sarcoma
- Recognize how Kaposi’s Sarcoma presents in AIDS
- Recognize the differential of lymphoproliferative disorders that can be associated with AIDS and HHV8
A 42-year-old man with …
PPI-induced Hypocalcemia, A Clinical Vignette
February 12, 2020
By Melissa Velasquez, Wei Qi, MD, Jonathan Chun, MD, David Kudlowitz, MD
Peer Reviewed
Learning objectives
- To describe the causes of hypocalcemia and review the appropriate work-up.
- Can eponymous signs assist our diagnosis?
- How do proton-pump …
Chiefs’ Inquiry Corner – 2/10/20
February 10, 2020- NYU Brooklyn: How does vitamin C deficiency result in bleeding?
- Tisch/Kimmel: What is the recommendation for Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) prophylaxis in HIV patients with CD4 count <50?
- Bellevue Hospital: What is the correct way to collect a sample for cryoglobulin testing?
Primecuts – This Week in the Journals
February 7, 2020
By Kyle Ranger Guillory, MD
Peer Reviewed
With medicine advancing at such a rapid pace, it is crucial for physicians to keep up with the medical literature. This can quickly become an overwhelming endeavor given the sheer quantity and breadth of literature released on …