By Preethi Prasad, MD
Peer Reviewed
This week, Christmas is finally on its way, and the city is alive with festive cheer. Children are excitedly anticipating a visit from Santa Claus, while adults are scrambling to do last-minute …
Clinical Correlations
The NYU Langone Health Online Journal of Medicine
Mystery Quiz-The Answer
December 20, 2013Vivian Hayashi MD, Robert Smith MD
The answer to the Mystery Quiz is diaphragmatic hernia, specifically a Bochdalek hernia. The CXR shows increased density behind the heart that has a smooth superior border (Image 2, arrows). This density does not obscure the left heart border, denoting a posterior location behind …
Breaking News: JNC 8 Guidelines Released
December 19, 2013
By Monica Gupta, MD
On December 18, 2013, the long awaited JNC 8 guidelines were published. Two major deviations from JNC 7 are: 1) more relaxed blood …
Clinical Correlations Awarded Platinum eHealthcare Leadership Award
December 18, 2013
We are very pleased to announce that Clinical Correlations has been awarded a 2013 Platinum eHealthcare Leadership Award. Now in it’s 14th year, this awards program, is the largest web-oriented awards program that is …
Mystery Quiz
December 17, 2013Vivian Hayashi MD, Robert Smith MD
The patient is a 78 year old man who presented to the emergency room with fever, pain, swelling, and erythema of the right leg over a two day period. The patient denied abdominal symptoms, cough or breathlessness over his baseline. His past medical history included …
Primecuts – This Week In The Journals
December 16, 2013
By Cilian White, MD
Peer reviewed
With the holiday season upon us, the streets are laden with trees waiting to be adorned, bunches of mistletoe to be hung for that special moment; and New Yorkers are wiping …
Barriers to Translating Evidence into Clinical Care: the Zoster Vaccine
December 13, 2013
Zachary Elkin
Faculty Peer Reviewed
There are more than a million cases of herpes zoster (HZ) in the US annually [1-3]. The incidence of HZ, or shingles, has been rising in the …
From The Archives: Fast Hearts and Funny Currents: Is Tachycardia Part of the Problem in Heart Failure? Part 1
December 12, 2013
Please enjoy this post from the archives dated May 18, 2011
By Santosh Vardhana
Faculty Peer Reviewed
Mr. M is a 63-year-old man with a history of coronary artery disease and systolic CHF (ejection fraction 32%) on lisinopril, metoprolol, and …