Category: Chiefs’ Inquiry Corner

Clinical Correlations


Chiefs’ Inquiry Corner- 9/13/2021

  •  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?

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Chiefs’ Inquiry Corner- 9/6/21

  •  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?

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Chiefs’ Inquiry Corner — 8/30/21

  •  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?

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Chiefs’ Inquiry Corner — 8/23/21

  •  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)?

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Chiefs’ Inquiry Corner- 8/16/2021

  •  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?

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CHIEFS’ INQUIRY CORNER — 8/9/2021

  •  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?

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Chiefs’ Inquiry Corner — 8/2/2021

  •  NYU Brooklyn: How does leucovorin reverse methotrexate toxicity?
  •  Bellevue Outpatient: Should patients who received the Zostavax vaccine in the past still get Shingrix?
  •  Bellevue Inpatient: In evaluating patients with community acquired pneumonia (CAP), should lab tests be sent to attempt to determine a specific etiology? Specifically, how do we use tests such as Mycoplasma PCR vs IgG/IgM?

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Chiefs’ Inquiry Corner — 7/26/21

  • Tisch-Kimmel Inpatient: In patients with esophageal varices, is there any harm or decreased benefit to using B1-selective beta blockers with easier dosing schedules (such as metoprolol XL) over propranolol?
  • Bellevue Inpatient: In patients with tachycardia-induced cardiomyopathy, how long on average does it take for the ejection fraction to improve after treating the underlying arrhythmia?
  • NYU Brooklyn:  Are high sensitivity troponins reliable in patients with kidney impairment?

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