Chief residents of the NYU Langone Internal Medicine Residency give quick-and-easy, evidence-based answers to interesting questions posed by house staff, both in their clinics and on the wards.
Author: senior-chief
Clinical Correlations
Chiefs’ Inquiry Corner- 9/20/2021
September 21, 2021- Bellevue Inpatient: Which is the superior antiplatelet agent in patients with ACS treated with PCI- prasugrel or ticagrelor?
- Tisch Inpatient: What are the indications for celiac plexus block and potential complications?
- NYU Brooklyn: Is a shorter (i.e. 4 month) anti-TB regimen noninferior to the standard 6-month treatment for patients with drug-susceptible pulmonary TB?
Chiefs’ Inquiry Corner- 9/13/2021
September 14, 2021- Bellevue Outpatient: What is the new recommendation from the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) regarding screening for Pre-Diabetes and Type 2 Diabetes?
- Tisch Inpatient: What are the signs of RV strain or dysfunction on CT pulmonary angiography?
- VA Outpatient: What is the risk between use of proton pump inhibitors and risk of community-acquired pneumonia?
Chiefs’ Inquiry Corner- 9/6/21
September 9, 2021- Bellevue Outpatient: ACE inhibitors/ARBs- Which should one choose when initiating treatment for hypertension?
- Tisch Inpatient: What does infliximab-related infusion reaction look like?
- VA Inpatient: How often is pulmonary hypertension implicated as the etiology of dyspnea in dialysis patients?
Chiefs’ Inquiry Corner — 8/30/21
August 30, 2021- NYU Brooklyn: What therapies do we have for patients who are found to be pre-diabetic, and are they effective at reducing the subsequent risk of developing diabetes?
- Tisch Inpatient: When should physicians treat subclinical thyroid disorders?
- Bellevue Inpatient: Is there any utility of treating patients with non-variceal upper GI bleeding (UGIB) with octreotide?
Chiefs’ Inquiry Corner — 8/23/21
August 23, 2021- NYU Brooklyn: What is the association between NSAID use and the risk of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) flare?
- Tisch Inpatient: Is gadolinium-based contrast safe to administer in kidney disease?
- Bellevue Inpatient: In patients admitted for syncope workup, what is the yield of the typical diagnostic workup (EKG, bloodwork)?
Chiefs’ Inquiry Corner- 8/16/2021
August 16, 2021- NYU Brooklyn: In patients with severe acute kidney injury, when should renal replacement therapy be initiated?
- Tisch Inpatient: Does chronic beta-blocker therapy affect lactate production in septic patients?
- Bellevue Inpatient: Do reversal agents improve outcomes for DOAC-related severe bleeding?
CHIEFS’ INQUIRY CORNER — 8/9/2021
August 9, 2021- NYU Brooklyn: How does long-term use of metformin contribute to vitamin B12 deficiency?
- VA Outpatient: Does metformin decrease the risk of some types of skin cancer?
- Bellevue Inpatient: Do proton pump inhibitors affect glycemic control and/or risk of incident diabetes?