Clinical Correlations

The NYU Langone Health Online Journal of Medicine


Chiefs’ Inquiry Corner — 8/30/21

  •  NYU Brooklyn: What therapies do we have for patients who are found to be pre-diabetic, and are they effective at reducing the subsequent risk of developing diabetes?
  •  Tisch Inpatient: When should physicians treat subclinical thyroid disorders?
  •  Bellevue Inpatient: Is there any utility of treating patients with non-variceal upper GI bleeding (UGIB) with octreotide?

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Primecuts – This Week in the Journals

By Sue Dong, MD

Peer reviewed

Introduction: 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 a daily basis. Primecuts helps you stay current by …

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Chiefs’ Inquiry Corner — 8/23/21

  •  NYU Brooklyn: What is the association between NSAID use and the risk of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) flare?
  •  Tisch Inpatient: Is gadolinium-based contrast safe to administer in kidney disease?
  •  Bellevue Inpatient: In patients admitted for syncope workup, what is the yield of the typical diagnostic workup (EKG, bloodwork)?

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Chiefs’ Inquiry Corner- 8/16/2021

  •  NYU Brooklyn: In patients with severe acute kidney injury, when should renal replacement therapy be initiated?
  •  Tisch Inpatient: Does chronic beta-blocker therapy affect lactate production in septic patients?
  •  Bellevue Inpatient: Do reversal agents improve outcomes for DOAC-related severe bleeding?

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CHIEFS’ INQUIRY CORNER — 8/9/2021

  •  NYU Brooklyn: How does long-term use of metformin contribute to vitamin B12 deficiency?
  •  VA Outpatient: Does metformin decrease the risk of some types of skin cancer?
  •  Bellevue Inpatient: Do proton pump inhibitors affect glycemic control and/or risk of incident diabetes?

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Primecuts – This Week in the Journals

PrimeCuts 6 min read

By Michael Shen, MD PhD

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 …

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