By Daniel Sartori MD, Marty Fried MD, Shreya Trivedi MD; Illustration by Michelle Lo MD and Amy Ou MD. Quiz yourself on the 5 Pearls we will be covering:
- Are there …
Author: Neil.Shapiro@nyulangone.org
Clinical Correlations
Primecuts – This Week in the Journals
May 15, 2018
By Michael Tamimi, MD
Peer Reviewed
At a mere 104 years old, famed ecologist and botanist David Goodall, who was frequently touted as Australia’s oldest scientist, ended his own life via …
Spotlight: A case of Metformin Associated Lactic Acidosis
May 11, 2018
By Jasmine Nee and Martin Fried, MD
Peer Reviewed
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
1. What is metformin-associated lactic acidosis?
2. How does severe acidemia lead to acute kidney injury?
3. How do you treat metformin-associated lactic …
Insulin in a Pill: Barriers to Development of Oral Insulin
May 8, 2018
By Nicolas Gillingham
Peer Reviewed
Over 30 million Americans—9.4% of the population—live with diabetes, six million of whom are at least partially dependent on exogenous insulin.[1] Insulin can be …
Encephalopathy’s Muse
May 4, 2018
By Gregory Rubinfeld, MD
The thick and sultry August outside,
The stale ammonia scented inside,
James The Poet, bedridden, writing in a fury,
Charlotte on a chair next to him, yawning.
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So too …
Core IM Hoofbeats: A 36F with weakness
May 2, 2018
By John Hwang MD, Cindy Fang MD, Neha Sathe MD,  Michael P. Janjigian MD || Audio Editing and Graphic by Amy Ou, MD
Time Stamps
- Part 1 Case (2:05)
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Primecuts-This Week in the Journals
May 1, 2018
Mother Spring has arrived in New York this week and she is lovely. Flowers are blooming, birds are tweeting, rodents are merrily scurrying to and fro in full view …
Why We Do What We Do: The Evidence Behind Rapid Response Teams
April 26, 2018
By Thatcher Heumann, MD
Peer Reviewed
“Rapid Response Team to 7W. Rapid Response Team to 7W.†After switching elevators and waiting for security to buzz you in through the …