By Eric Hu
Peer Reviewed
“May I have the patient’s first name, last name, and medical record number?” The fellow, shooting a piercing glance at the interpreter through the wall-mounted phone, broadcasted her annoyance at the …
Clinical Correlations
The NYU Langone Health Online Journal of Medicine
Challenges with Polypharmacy in the Geriatric Population
April 9, 2024
By Olivia Descorbeth
Peer Reviewed
As individuals advance in age, they tend to accumulate medical conditions that require a bevy of pharmaceutical treatments to manage. As a result, polypharmacy, generally defined as the use of …
Buprenorphine After the X-Waiver
April 2, 2024
By Sarah M. Jackson
Peer Reviewed
During the COVID-19 pandemic, opioid overdose deaths increased from 50,000 in 2019 to 80,000 in 2021, largely driven by synthetic opioids such as fentanyl.1 Despite the escalating use of …
Too Much of a Good Thing: Can HDL Cholesterol Be Too High?
October 25, 2023
By Matthew Auda
Peer Reviewed
Let’s begin with a case. The patient is a 67-year-old female with a past medical history of hypothyroidism referred to your Cardiology Clinic by her primary care physician for cardiovascular …
Atherosclerosis: Understanding the Pathophysiology
October 6, 2023
By Zachary Henig
Peer Reviewed
Atherosclerosis is the primary risk factor for cardiovascular disease, the leading cause of mortality worldwide. To understand the pathophysiology of atherosclerosis, we turn to advances made in molecular biology. Understanding …
Should We Be Prescribing Cookware? A Potential Intervention for Iron Deficiency Anemia
August 31, 2023
By Marie T. Mazzeo
Peer Reviewed
Anemia poses a significant threat to public health and affects approximately 2 billion people, nearly one-quarter of the world’s population.1,2 Iron deficiency is the most common cause of anemia worldwide and is the most common nutrient deficiency. …
The Rise and Fall of “MONA BASH”
August 11, 2023
By Galen Hu
Peer Reviewed
It seemed like everyone I spoke to about heart attacks during my clinical year of medical school had a different opinion on the famous mnemonic “MONA BASH”:
Morphine
Oxygen
Nitrates
Aspirin/Anti-platelet
Beta-blocker
Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor/Angiotensin receptor …
NSAID or *NSYNC? Music as an Analgesic
July 23, 2023
By Mikaela Belsky
Peer Reviewed
As I walked out of Bellevue, I plugged in my headphones and clicked shuffle. Minutes later, I passed a friend …