By Daniel Diaz, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
Now that the New Year has rolled in and winter has finally started to declare itself, it’s time for us to stop making resolutions and start acting upon …
Clinical Correlations
The NYU Langone Health Online Journal of Medicine
Does Perioperative Smoking Cessation Improve outcomes?
January 6, 2012
By Benjamin Wu, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
Mr. T is a 53-year-old man, with history significant for cholelithiasis. He decides to have an elective cholecystectomy after years of biliary colic. Mr. T is an …
Primecuts – This Week In The Journals
January 3, 2012
By Alexandra Sowa, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
Happy New Year!
For nostalgia’s sake, let’s take a look back before we begin to look forward. The December 21st edition of the Journal of the American Medical …
Primecuts – This Week In The Journals
December 27, 2011
By Synphen H. WU, MD, PhD.
Faculty Peer Review
Welcome to the final Primecuts of the year!
As 2011 draws to a close and we look ahead to 2012, the state of the economy continues …
What Is the Significance of Monoclonal Gammopathy of Undetermined Significance (MGUS)?
December 22, 2011
By Maryann Kwa, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
Clinical Case:
A.D. is a healthy 65-year-old African American male with no prior medical history who presents to his primary care physician for an annual check up. He …
Primecuts – This Week In The Journals
December 20, 2011
By Jason Feliberti, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
“Tis the season to be Jolly,” and if you’re like me “Tis the season to hope for new [electronic] toys.” The Holidays are around the corner, and …
Myths and Realities: The Fishy Truth about Mercury Toxicity
December 17, 2011
By Nicole Learned
Faculty Peer Reviewed
In an age when patients obtain medical news from the media, and celebrities initiate powerful health trends, clinicians have to be prepared to answer …
Mystery Quiz- The Answer
December 14, 2011Vivian Hayashi MD and Robert Smith MD, Mystery Quiz Section Editors
The answer to the mystery quiz is Kaposi’s sarcoma. The CXR shows bilateral confluent airspaceopacities which have a wide differential diagnosis in this case. The CT narrows the differential. Specifically, the opacities appear to emanate from the central hilar …