- VA Inpatient:Â What causes a false positive beta-d-glucan assay?
- Â Brooklyn Outpatient:Â 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)?Â
- Bellevue Inpatient:Â What is uremic stomatitis?
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The NYU Langone Health Online Journal of Medicine
Chief’s Inquiry Corner – 11/29/2021
November 29, 2021- Bellevue Outpatient:Â Is there any evidence in favor of routinely screening women for ovarian cancer?
- Â Tisch Inpatient:Â In patients with atrial fibrillation who suffer from an ischemic stroke, when should we reinitiate anticoagulation?
- Bellevue Inpatient:Â 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?
- Â Brooklyn Inpatient:Â 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 …
Chiefs’ Inquiry Corner – 11/10/2021
November 10, 2021- Â Inpatient Bellevue: What are some of the expected physiologic changes in pregnancy with regard to the respiratory system?
- Â 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)?
- Â 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 …
Chiefs’ Inquiry Corner – 11/1/2021
November 1, 2021- Â NYU Brooklyn: How urgently does necrotizing pancreatitis need to be drained?
- NYU Brooklyn:Â Are there certain classes of drugs that should make us more concerned about possible DRESS syndrome?
- Â NYU Tisch/Kimmel: In which patients should we consider a diagnosis of Maturity Onset Diabetes of the Young (MODY)?
Chiefs’ Inquiry Corner – 10/25/2021
October 26, 2021- Gouverneur Outpatient:Â What is the high dose flu vaccine?
- Â Bellevue Inpatient:Â Is there any utility in D-dimer testing for the exclusion of pulmonary embolism among people hospitalized with COVID-19 infection?
- Bellevue Outpatient:Â What is the follow-up after initiating oral iron supplementation in iron-deficiency anemia?