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 …
Clinical Correlations
The NYU Langone Health Online Journal of Medicine
Chiefs’ Inquiry Corner — 7/19/21
July 19, 2021- 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?
Is There A Role For Screening In Esophageal Adenocarcinoma?
July 16, 2021
By David Collins
Peer Reviewed
Esophageal adenocarcinoma (EA) is a rapidly growing risk to public health in the US, with nearly 17,000 new diagnoses and 16,000 EA deaths in 2017.1 Although treatment options have improved for …
Connected Distance
July 14, 2021
Clinical Correlations is proud to present our section for humanism in medicine, Tales from the Bedside, where we showcase our community’s unique and diverse experiences as physicians and …
Chiefs’ Inquiry Corner – 7/12/21
July 12, 2021- NYU Brooklyn: What is the triad characterized by Felty Syndrome (FS)?
- Bellevue Inpatient: In patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), is there an increased risk for coronary artery disease?
- VA Outpatient: How should recent changes in guidelines affect our colorectal cancer (CRC) screening practices?
Chiefs’ Inquiry Corner – 7/7/21
July 7, 2021- NYU Brooklyn: What is the preferred treatment for management of C. Diff?
- Bellevue Inpatient: Can patients with statin-associated immune-mediated necrotizing myopathy (IMNM) with confirmed positive anti-HMG-CoA-reductase antibodies be re-challenged with statins or treated with PCSK9 inhibitors?
- Bellevue Outpatient: What is the role of GLP1-agonists when used for weight loss in patients without diabetes?
Primecuts – This Week in the Journals
May 14, 2021
By Kyra Hansson Floyd, 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 …
The New Kid on the Block: Heart Failure with Mid-Range Ejection Fraction (HFmrEF)
May 12, 2021
By Pamela Boodram, MD
Peer Reviewed
A 68-year-old woman with a history of hypertension and well controlled type 2 diabetes presents to the ED with five days of progressively worsening dyspnea on exertion, orthopnea, and bilateral …