By Hannah Kopinski
Peer Reviewed
Diabetes, hypertension, and hyperlipidemia. One would be hard pressed to find an adult primary care physician in the United States who would not list …
Category: Systems
Clinical Correlations
NSAIDs: Are They All the Same?
February 1, 2018
By Vishal Shah, MD
Peer Reviewed
Nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are a heterogenous group of non-opioid analgesics and anti-inflammatory agents. Their use is ubiquitous, from treating a simple tension headache to a sprained ankle. NSAIDs …
How Can You Best Address Polypharmacy in the Elderly?
December 21, 2017
By Michael Nguyen
Peer Reviewed
Polypharmacy has been defined as the use of multiple unnecessary medications, the use of more medications than is clinically warranted or indicated, or the …
Age Is Just a Number: Combating Muscle Loss in The Elderly
December 14, 2017
By Carl Preiksaitis
Peer Reviewed
The term “sarcopenia†was introduced in 1989 to characterize the loss of muscle mass that occurs as a consequence of advancing age.1 Use of …
Cancer Survivors – Who are they, what are their needs, and how can medical providers meet these needs?
December 6, 2017
By Maria Garcia-Jimenez, MD/MHS, Abinav Baweja, MD, and Nicole LaNatra, MD
Peer Reviewed
Clinical vignette
A 65-year old woman with history of invasive breast cancer presents to her primary care provider for …
Core IM podcast: 5 Pearls on Iron Deficiency Anemia
November 15, 2017
Listen to 5Â Pearls segment of Iron Deficiency Anemia! By Dr. Cary Blum MD, Marty Fried MD and Shreya P. Trivedi MD; Illustration by Mike Natter MD
Time Stamps:
- Â Should patients be …
Is Potassium Supplementation Beneficial in Hospitalized Patients?
October 25, 2017
By Sara Stream, MD
Peer Reviewed
As resident physicians, we are taught to supplement serum potassium to a goal level of 4.0 mEq/L in all hospitalized patients. While the dangers of severe potassium abnormalities are …
Core IM Podcast: 5 pearls on Headaches
October 18, 2017
Listen to CORE IM’s first 5 Pearls segment on Headaches!
Time Stamps
- Â What are the indications for imaging for HA? (1:36)
- Â What is your approach to abortive therapy …