By Joshua Novack
Peer Reviewed
Patients often come into clinics on a grocery list of medications. Common prescriptions include lisinopril 20 mg, amlodipine 2.5 mg, metformin 500 mg, and aspirin 81 mg. One dosage stands out …
Year: 2019
Clinical Correlations
Screening for Colorectal cancer-Where does the FIT-DNA test fit?
February 21, 2019
By Jamie Oliver
Peer Reviewed
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the second most common cause of cancer death in the US.[1]Almost all CRC develops from precancerous polyps, and with appropriate colonoscopy screening most polyps …
Primecuts – This Week in the Journals
February 20, 2019
By Michael Hession, 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 …
The Fentanyl Crisis
February 15, 2019
By Andrew Segoshi
Peer Reviewed
If you live in New York, you’ve no doubt encountered the opioid epidemic sweeping the nation in the past decade. Whether it’s firsthand experience passing opioid users in the street congregating on St. Mark’s every summer, hearing shocking …
Metformin’s Role in Type 1 Diabetes: the REMOVAL Trial
February 14, 2019
By William Plowe
Peer Reviewed
Metformin has been the first-line drug in type 2 diabetes for over a decade, but its possible benefit in type 1 diabetes (DM1) is still a matter of study. The …
Core IM Hoofbeats: 47M with Chest Pain
February 13, 2019
By John Hwang MD, Cindy Fang MD, Patrick Cocks MD, David Stern MD || Illustration by Amy Ou MD || Audio Editing by Harit Shah
Time Stamps
- New features in this episode [00:25]
- Data point 1: Early hypothesis generation? [03:20]
- Data point 2: Pertinent negatives? [11:18]
- Data point 3: Representativeness heuristic over-represented in medical education? …
From the Archives – SHOULD BETA-BLOCKERS BE USED IN THE SETTING OF COCAINE-RELATED CHEST PAIN?
February 8, 2019
Please enjoy this post from the archives dated February 5, 2014
By Matthew A. Haber
Peer Reviewed
The following is a hypothetical example of a classic exam question that one might come across as a medical student:
A 50-year-old male presents to the emergency department …
How Far Should We Search for Malignancy in the Seemingly “Unprovoked” Venous Thromboembolism?
February 7, 2019
By Allison Guttmann, MD
Peer Reviewed
A middle-aged woman presents to the Emergency Department with 1 week of calf-pain and swelling. A venous duplex ultrasound reveals a non-compressible popliteal vein suggestive of …