- NYU Brooklyn: In patients with severe acute kidney injury, when should renal replacement therapy be initiated?
- Tisch Inpatient: Does chronic beta-blocker therapy affect lactate production in septic patients?
- Bellevue Inpatient: Do reversal agents improve outcomes for DOAC-related severe bleeding?
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CHIEFS’ INQUIRY CORNER — 8/9/2021
August 9, 2021- NYU Brooklyn: How does long-term use of metformin contribute to vitamin B12 deficiency?
- VA Outpatient: Does metformin decrease the risk of some types of skin cancer?
- Bellevue Inpatient: Do proton pump inhibitors affect glycemic control and/or risk of incident diabetes?
Primecuts – This Week in the Journals
August 6, 2021By Michael Shen, MD PhD
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 …
Kratom: A Summary for the Primary Care Physician
August 5, 2021By Lee Brake
Peer Reviewed
Kratom (pronounced KRAY-tum) is a product derived from the crushed and dried leaves of the Mitragyna speciosa plant species endemic to Southeast Asia.1 It has been increasingly used in the US …
Chiefs’ Inquiry Corner — 8/2/2021
August 2, 2021- NYU Brooklyn: How does leucovorin reverse methotrexate toxicity?
- Bellevue Outpatient: Should patients who received the Zostavax vaccine in the past still get Shingrix?
- Bellevue Inpatient: In evaluating patients with community acquired pneumonia (CAP), should lab tests be sent to attempt to determine a specific etiology? Specifically, how do we use tests such as Mycoplasma PCR vs IgG/IgM?
Complementary and Integrative Health: Where do U.S. Physicians Stand, and Where Should We?
July 28, 2021By Gabriel Ben-Dor, MD
Peer Reviewed
“None of the meds really helped but after only three acupuncture sessions my hip pain is gone, but I still have the shoulder and knee pain, why is that doc?” asked …
Chiefs’ Inquiry Corner — 7/26/21
July 26, 2021- Tisch-Kimmel Inpatient: In patients with esophageal varices, is there any harm or decreased benefit to using B1-selective beta blockers with easier dosing schedules (such as metoprolol XL) over propranolol?
- Bellevue Inpatient: In patients with tachycardia-induced cardiomyopathy, how long on average does it take for the ejection fraction to improve after treating the underlying arrhythmia?
- NYU Brooklyn: Are high sensitivity troponins reliable in patients with kidney impairment?
Primecuts – This Week in the Journals
July 23, 2021Erin Bresnahan, 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 …