By Austin Cheng, MD
Peer Reviewed
As a resident in internal medicine, hearing the words ‘Loop of Henle’ brings back memories from early medical school of complex diagrams of anatomy, ion transporters …
Clinical Correlations
The NYU Langone Health Online Journal of Medicine
Primecuts – This Week in The Journals
December 11, 2020
By Victoria Gore, 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 …
How Necessary is NPO After Midnight?
December 7, 2020
By Evellyn DeMitchell-Rodriguez
Peer Reviewed
It has become common practice in many hospitals and ambulatory care centers to require patients to be “Nil Per Os,” or NPO, for solids and liquids …
Primecuts – This Week in The Journals
December 4, 2020
By Shunella Lumas, 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 endeavor …
Primecuts – This Week in the Journals
November 20, 2020
By Matthew Siskin, 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 …
Myths and Realities: Do Spicy Foods Cause Peptic Ulcer Disease?
November 18, 2020
By Oliver Stewart
Peer Reviewed
Growing up in a Caribbean household, spicy foods were a pillar of my diet as an adolescent. I distinctly remember the joy that I would feel during the holiday season when my father ignited the grill and …
Primecuts – This Week in the Journals
October 30, 2020
By Joshua Novack, 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 …
The Nuts and Bolts of Targeted Temperature Management
October 27, 2020
By Shawn Thomas
Peer Reviewed
Introduction
In 2009, Catherine Lucero published an article in Clinical Correlations titled “Therapeutic Hypothermia”, describing the basis for induced hypothermia in post-cardiac arrest patients.1 The …