Clinical Correlations

The NYU Langone Health Online Journal of Medicine


Chiefs’ Inquiry Corner — 8/2/2021

  •  NYU Brooklyn: How does leucovorin reverse methotrexate toxicity?
  •  Bellevue Outpatient: Should patients who received the Zostavax vaccine in the past still get Shingrix?
  •  Bellevue Inpatient: In evaluating patients with community acquired pneumonia (CAP), should lab tests be sent to attempt to determine a specific etiology? Specifically, how do we use tests such as Mycoplasma PCR vs IgG/IgM?

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Chiefs’ Inquiry Corner — 7/26/21

  • Tisch-Kimmel Inpatient: In patients with esophageal varices, is there any harm or decreased benefit to using B1-selective beta blockers with easier dosing schedules (such as metoprolol XL) over propranolol?
  • Bellevue Inpatient: In patients with tachycardia-induced cardiomyopathy, how long on average does it take for the ejection fraction to improve after treating the underlying arrhythmia?
  • NYU Brooklyn:  Are high sensitivity troponins reliable in patients with kidney impairment?

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Eponyms: Janeway Lesions

Class Act 5 min read

By Zoe Lawrence, MD

Peer Reviewed

The patient is a 43-year-old intravenous drug user who presents to the emergency department with a few days of fevers and malaise. On exam, he is febrile to …

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Chiefs’ Inquiry Corner — 7/19/21

  • Tisch-Kimmel Inpatient: Does the addition of antimicrobial therapy confer any benefit on mortality or nonelective respiratory hospitalization in adults with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis?
  • Bellevue Inpatient: What are the guidelines/consensus statement on perioperative management of endocrine medications?
  • VA Outpatient: Is there a relationship between intensity of statin therapy and muscle symptoms?

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