- NYU Brooklyn: How does severe vitamin B12 deficiency lead to hemolysis?
- Bellevue Inpatient: How specific of a test is the BNP for diagnosing heart failure – specifically, are there other conditions that cause a similar level of elevation? (thanks to Sam Sanders for participating in this discussion!)
- Gouverneur Outpatient: My patient is due for 5 vaccines. Can they get them all at once? (shoutout to our primary care digest this block!)
Clinical Correlations
The NYU Langone Health Online Journal of Medicine
Chiefs’ Inquiry Corner – 12/13/2021
December 14, 2021- Bellevue Outpatient: Can beta blockers be used to treat hypertension in people with COPD?
- VA Outpatient: What are the newest USPTF recommendations for low-dose CT screening for lung cancer?
- Tisch-Kimmel Inpatient: What are some of the extrahepatic manifestations of chronic HCV infection?
Chiefs’ Inquiry Corner – 12/7/2021
December 7, 2021- VA Inpatient: What causes a false positive beta-d-glucan assay?
- Brooklyn Outpatient: Can you use prescription or OTC EPA/DHA omega 3 fatty acids for treatment of moderate hypertriglyceridemia in patients without elevated LDL-C, ASCVD risk, or diabetes (ie otherwise indicated for statin)?
- Bellevue Inpatient: What is uremic stomatitis?
Chief’s Inquiry Corner – 11/29/2021
November 29, 2021- Bellevue Outpatient: Is there any evidence in favor of routinely screening women for ovarian cancer?
- Tisch Inpatient: In patients with atrial fibrillation who suffer from an ischemic stroke, when should we reinitiate anticoagulation?
- Bellevue Inpatient: In which patients is it indicated to anticoagulate for portal vein thrombosis?
Chiefs’ Inquiry Corner – 11/24/2021
November 24, 2021- VA Outpatient: What are the updated guidelines for pain control in non-operative management of knee osteoarthritis?
- Brooklyn Inpatient: How do we use an amikacin level?
- Bellevue Inpatient: What is the driver of mortality in ICD recipients- the arrhythmia, or the therapy?
Primecuts – This week in the journals
November 12, 2021
By Brendan Denvir, 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 given the sheer …
Chiefs’ Inquiry Corner – 11/10/2021
November 10, 2021- Inpatient Bellevue: What are some of the expected physiologic changes in pregnancy with regard to the respiratory system?
- Outpatient VA: Many internists are comfortable initiating appropriate management for coronary artery disease (CAD), but what should we be aware of when it comes to medically managing peripheral arterial disease (PAD)?
- Inpatient Tisch Kimmel: In patients who are hospitalized, is there any benefit to intensifying blood pressure management regimens on discharge?
How Should you manage hyperkalemia from RAAS inhibitors in patients with cardiorenal dysfunction?
November 5, 2021
By Logan Groneck
Peer Reviewed
Your next patient is very familiar. The management of her chronic diseases–heart failure (HF) and chronic kidney disease (CKD)—has been optimized. Like the 6.2 million other Americans with HF1 and …