Clinical Correlations

The NYU Langone Health Online Journal of Medicine


Chief’s Inquiry Corner 10/27/22

  • Bellevue Inpatient: Is there a role for acetazolamide in acute decompensated heart failure with volume overload?
  • Bellevue Outpatient: Who should undergo screening for Barrett’s Esophagus?
  • VA Inpatient: How do you treat aspiration pneumonia?

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Chiefs’ Inquiry Corner – 10/5/2022

  • Tisch/Kimmel Inpatient: What is the role for early rhythm control in patients with new atrial fibrillation?
  • VA Outpatient: What medications are the most effective for treatment of diabetic neuropathy?
  • Bellevue Inpatient: What treatment options exist for multidrug resistant tuberculosis?

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Is Cocoa the New Aspirin 81?

Clinical Questions 7 min read

By Luke Bonanni

Peer Reviewed

Theobroma, literally “food of gods” in Greek, is an apt description of chocolate. Made from the fermented seeds of the Theobroma cacao tree, chocolate is an immensely popular food, with worldwide …

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Chief’s Inquiry Corner – 9/28/22

  • Bellevue Outpatient: What is the optimal duration of therapy for bisphosphates in osteoporosis? 
  • Bellevue Inpatient: What is the role of aggressive fluid resuscitation in acute pancreatitis?
  • VA Inpatient: What is the treatment for allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis?

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Chiefs’ Inquiry Corner – 9/20/2022

  • Gouverneur Outpatient: What are indications for treatment in essential thrombocythemia? 
  • Bellevue Inpatient: Are patients with discoid lupus erythematosus at risk for systemic lupus erythematosus?
  • VA Inpatient: What is the risk of and differential diagnosis for recurrent Bell’s Palsy?

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Chiefs’ Inquiry Corner-9/13/22

  • Bellevue Outpatient:  What are the indications for parathyroidectomy in patients with asymptomatic primary hyperparathyroidism?
  • Bellevue Inpatient: What are treatments for acute dystonia?
  •  Tisch-Kimmel Inpatient: How does Glucagon treat beta-blocker toxicity?

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