Chiefs’ Inquiry Corner

April 22, 2019

Chiefs' Inquiry Corner 5 min read

Bellevue Hospital: What is the evidence for anticoagulation in atrial tachycardias?
Tisch/Kimmel: What are the clinical features of HACEK endocarditis?
What is the best method to manage hypertension in a patient with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy?
Manhattan VA: How is ascitic fluid protein used to distinguish between etiologies of cardiac ascites?
NYU Brooklyn: What is roflumilast and what is its role in the management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease?

April 16, 2019

Chiefs' Inquiry Corner 3 min read

Bellevue Hospital: How does amiodarone potentiate digoxin toxicity?
VA Clinic: Should ACE inhibitors be used to prevent microalbuminuria in normotensive patients with diabetes?
NYU Brooklyn: What is the appropriate management of Steven Johnson Syndrome / Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis ?
Tisch/Kimmel: How does measles present in adults?

April 1, 2019

Chiefs' Inquiry Corner 3 min read

Tisch/Kimmel: What is the Staphylococcus Panton-Valentine Leukocidin?
Bellevue Hospital: How do we risk stratify patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy? When is an implantable cardiac defibrillator indicated for primary prevention?
NYU Brooklyn: What is Zollinger-Ellison Syndrome and what are its clinical manifestations?
Bellevue Clinic: What is the optimal treatment of allergic rhinitis?

March 25, 2019

Chiefs' Inquiry Corner 3 min read

Manhattan VA: How reliable are cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) white blood cell (WBC) count and protein in the diagnosis of Herpes Encephalitis?
Bellevue Hospital: What are the neurologic manifestations of methotrexate toxicity?
Tisch/Kimmel: What is the classic presentation of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML)?

March 18, 2019

Chiefs' Inquiry Corner 3 min read

Bellevue Hospital: Why does propofol turn urine green? Does this have any significance for the development of propofol-related infusion syndrome (PRIS)?
NYU Brooklyn: Is there a link between influenza vaccination and Guillain-Barre Syndrome?
Tisch/Kimmel: Should HIV-uninfected patients with Pneumocystis pneumonia be treated with corticosteroids?

March 11, 2019

Chiefs' Inquiry Corner 4 min read

NYU Brooklyn: What is the typical presentation and prognosis of anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis?
Gouverneur Clinic: Should medications be used to assist with weight loss?
Bellevue Hospital: Is evaluation of right heart pressures required prior to TIPS?
Tisch/Kimmel: What is the role of N-acetylcysteine in the treatment of alcoholic hepatitis?
Manhattan VA: Is there a benefit to treating hypercalcemia associated with malignancy?

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