By: Aimee Edell, MD
Gratefully returning to daylight after a two-week stint assigned to the night float service, I’ve been observing the week’s events with great mirth. It seems bedbugs have continued on their squirm-inducing …
Clinical Correlations
The NYU Langone Health Online Journal of Medicine
Appropriateness for Revascularization in Stable Angina
July 22, 2010
Ramin Shayegan Hastings MD, Jonathan Willner MD, and Steven Sedlis MD
Introduction to Cases:
During the past several weeks, we have posted a series of cases addressing the appropriate treatment for patients with stable coronary artery disease. We have …
Do I have a Concussion?
July 21, 2010
By Radhika Sundararajan, M.D., Ph.D
Faculty Peer Reviewed
A healthy 18 year-old female presents to Urgent Care after slipping and falling this morning in the bathroom and hitting her head on the tile floor. She …
Primecuts – This Week in the Journals
July 19, 2010
By David Veal, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
Recent international intrigue–replete with secret identities and coded messages–reached a dénouement when ten Russian agents were exchanged for four Americans in Vienna …
Cannabinoid Hyperemesis: High on the Differential for Intractable Vomiting
July 15, 2010
By Sarah A. Buckley & Nicholas M. Mark
Faculty Peer Reviewed
An 18-year-old male presents complaining of crampy abdominal pain, nausea, and intractable vomiting for the past year. The …
Ask a Librarian: What are the Key Resources for Clinical Decision Making?
July 14, 2010
By Aileen McCrillis, MSLIS
Faculty Peer Reviewed
In order to ensure the best-quality healthcare for patients, it is important for clinicians to consult the highest level of evidence …
Primecuts – This Week in the Journals
July 12, 2010
By Dana Clutter, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
As HIV/AIDS researchers around the world prepare for the upcoming 18th International AIDS Conference in Vienna from July 18-23, the HIV/AIDS epidemic has been …
Mystery Quiz- The Answer
July 9, 2010Vivian Hayashi MD and Robert Smith MD, Mystery Quiz Section Editors
The answer to the mystery quiz is pleural effusion that is loculated in both the horizontal and right oblique fissures. Pleural effusion is seen as blunting of the right costophrenic angle and tracking of fluid laterally (Image 3, …