By Joshua Novack, MD
Peer Reviewed
Case: 74 year old male with a history of heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (EF 20%) diagnosed 10 years ago comes in with subacute progressive lower extremity edema, orthopnea, …
Clinical Correlations
The NYU Langone Health Online Journal of Medicine
SGLT2 Inhibitors for Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction
March 6, 2023
By Raymond Barry
Peer Reviewed
A 2020 report published by the American Heart Association (AHA) in conjunction with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) found that an estimated 6.2 million American adults had heart failure between …
Does Spine Surgery Have a Role in Low Back Pain?
December 14, 2022
By: Michael Moore
Peer Reviewed
“Too many complex back surgeries are being performed and patients are suffering as a result” wrote National Public Radio health science journalist Joanne Silberner in her 2010 article “Surgery May Not …
The (Future) Impact of Deep Learning on Primary Care
November 8, 2022
By Kathryn Hockemeyer
Peer Reviewed
I caught up with a friend who works in environmental, social, and corporate governance investing during a lull in the COVID-19 pandemic. Seconds into the conversation, he asked, “I hear the …
Chiefs’ Inquiry Corner – 11/3/2022
November 3, 2022Chief residents of the NYU Langone Internal Medicine Residency give quick-and-easy, evidence-based answers to interesting questions posed by house staff, both in their clinics and on the wards.
The Hidden Faces in Medicine
October 28, 2022
By Amber Whitley, MD
What comes to mind when you hear the word physician? Male, intelligent, arrogant, medicine, white, surgeon, healer, etc. Do you think of me, a black female physician in medicine? The number …
Chief’s Inquiry Corner 10/27/22
October 27, 2022- Bellevue Inpatient: Is there a role for acetazolamide in acute decompensated heart failure with volume overload?
- Bellevue Outpatient: Who should undergo screening for Barrett’s Esophagus?
- VA Inpatient: How do you treat aspiration pneumonia?
The Medicare Part D Coverage Gap (“Donut Hole”) Explained
October 19, 2022
By Michael Papazian
Peer Reviewed
Let’s start with a case. Mr. B is a 67-year-old male with a history of hypertension, type 2 diabetes, and coronary artery disease. As his primary care physician, you …