By Nelson Sanchez, MD and Fritz Francois, MD, MS
Faculty Peer Reviewed
Case: A 45-year-old woman presents to your office for an annual check-up. She states that her grandmother was recently …
Clinical Correlations
The NYU Langone Health Online Journal of Medicine
Primecuts – This Week In The Journals
December 13, 2010
By Joshua Strauss, MD
Faculty peer reviewed
Don’t smoke! We all know this by now, but this past week the surgeon general released her yearly report about why this continues …
Prescription for Meditation
December 10, 2010
By Manisha Patel
Faculty Peer Reviewed
A woman in her 60s with a history of fibromyalgia presented with productive cough and fevers for one week, and also complained that she …
The Polymyxins: Why am I using them all the time, and what are they?
December 8, 2010
By Jon-Emile S Kenny
Faculty Peer Reviewed
A 65-year-old female with locally advanced rectal cancer is admitted to the ICU, hypotensive and febrile. Her PICC line is removed and blood …
Primecuts – This Week In The Journals
December 6, 2010
By Samit Shah, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
‘Tis the season to be merry and enjoy all the wonderful aspects of the holidays, such as shopping, bright lights, holiday music, family, …
Branched Chain Amino Acid Supplementation for Patients with Cirrhosis
December 3, 2010
By Nicole Leigh Aaronson,MD, Loren Wissner Greene, MD, and Denise Pate, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
Introduction:
Whereas there are specially designed diets for patients with hypertension, diabetes, and renal …
Kayexalate: What is it and does it work?
December 1, 2010
By Todd Cutler, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
A 62-year-old male is hospitalized with an acute congestive heart failure exacerbation. On hospital day three, the patient’s symptoms have significantly improved …
Primecuts – This Week In The Journals
November 29, 2010
By Han Na Kim, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
Had to drag yourself to work today after a nice Thanksgiving break? Next holiday isn’t coming soon enough for you? Primecuts is …