By Andrew L. Weinstein
Faculty Peer Reviewed
You have just completed a certification course in basic life support and are competent at performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) using chest compressions, a CPR mask, a bag-valve mask …
Clinical Correlations
The NYU Langone Health Online Journal of Medicine
Primecuts – This Week In The Journals
July 16, 2012
By Mark Adelman, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
The U.S House of Representatives voted for the 33rd time last Wednesday to repeal the Affordable Care Act, a largely symbolic move as the prior 32 companion …
Is a VBG just as good as an ABG?
July 13, 2012
By Sunnie Kim, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
A rapid response is called overhead. As white-coated residents rush to the patient’s bedside, the medical consult starts to shout out orders to organize the chaos. “What’s …
How Bad is Binge Drinking, Really?
July 12, 2012
By Patrick Olivieri
Faculty Peer Reviewed
Alcohol is a well-established part of our culture,as a social lubricant or a way to wind down at the end of the day. Recently, however, binge drinking (4 or more drinks for …
Primecuts – This Week In The Journals
July 9, 2012
Jenny Gartshteyn, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
It’s the week of July 4th 2012, people gather on the boardwalks and rooftops, fireworks light up the sky – silent tribute to how far art and science have advanced …
Primecuts-This Week in the Journals
July 2, 2012
Alexander Volodarskiy, MD
With every new summer come hotter days, shorter nights, and the inevitable medical metamorphosis on July 1st: senior residents finally graduating and nervous, bright-eyed, bushy-tailed new interns, hearts in hand, arriving to save lives. …
Mystery Quiz- The Answer
June 29, 2012Vivian Hayashi MD and Robert Smith MD, Mystery Quiz Section Editors
The answer to the mystery quiz is thymoma associated with myasthenia gravis. The clue to the case is the intermittent dysphagia and chewing difficulty. If one considers myasthenia in the differential, then an otherwise grossly normal appearing chest radiograph may …
Primecuts – This Week In The Journals
June 26, 2012
By Lakshmi Tummala, MD and Todd Cutler, MD
In the spirit of prevention, please wear hats and apply a generous amount of sunscreen while reading this week’s issue of primecuts.
This week the United …