Michael Chu MD
Faculty peer reviewed
Case:
A 44-year old female presented to the emergency room with complaints of a lower extremity rash and swelling. The patient had been in …
Clinical Correlations
The NYU Langone Health Online Journal of Medicine
Primecuts: This Week in the Journals
April 12, 2010
Robert Gianotti, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
Welcome back to this week’s edition of prime cuts. For all you sports fans out there it has been filled with some exciting comebacks …
Antimicrobial Therapy Geared at Pseudomonas aeruginosa for Bronchiectasis
April 7, 2010
Diana Hubulashvili, Pharm.D.
Edited by Tania Ahuja, Pharm.D., BCPS
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PrimeCuts: This Week in the Journals
April 5, 2010
Ankit Parikh MD
Faculty peer reviewed
It is time for the first Primecuts of April and the signs of spring are all around us. But before we spring forward into …
Breaking News: The Crestor Controversy
April 1, 2010
Devyani Kothari, MD
Patients are already talking about a New York Times front page article highlighting the risks associated with statin use as a preventive measure for cardiovascular events in relatively “healthy” people. The piece …
How Easily is Tuberculosis Spread?
March 31, 2010
Molly Cason
Faculty peer reviewed
In a city of over 8 million people, New York City has an annual tuberculosis case rate of 11.4 per 100,000 people, which is more …
Primecuts-This Week in the Journals
March 29, 2010
Kara Greenwald, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
The United States medical community, still reeling from an exciting debate in Congress, has revealed its cautiously optimistic side this week in the …
Mystery Quiz- The Answer
March 28, 2010Vivian Hayashi MD and Robert Smith MD, Mystery Quiz Section Editors
The answer to the mystery quiz is progressive massive fibrosis. This condition is a severe form of silicosis. The chest radiograph (Image 3) shows bullous disease of the right upper lobe, increased density of the right …