By Ofer Fass, MD
Peer Reviewed
Introduction
QT interval prolongation is a common side effect shared among the most effective antiemetic classes. The risk of QT prolongation is exacerbated by electrolyte abnormalities observed …
Clinical Correlations
The NYU Langone Health Online Journal of Medicine
Primecuts – This Week in the Journals
January 13, 2021
By Keshav Mangalick, 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 …
What is the Role of Iron Supplementation in Heart Failure
January 8, 2021By Varun Subashchandran
Peer Reviewed
Heart failure is a common health condition that is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. The American Heart Association estimates a prevalence of 6.2 million people in the United States between 2013 and 2016.1 In an international pooled analysis of 1506 patients with chronic heart failure, …
Bedside Rounds: Diagnosing Functional Neurological Disorders
January 5, 2021
By Daniel Gratch, MD
Peer Reviewed
In 150 AD, Greek physician and philosopher Galen wrote of a woman suffering from insomnia: “I was convinced the woman was afflicted not by a bodily disease, …
A Balancing Act: GLP-1 Receptor Agonists for Non-Diabetic Obesity
December 29, 2020
By Elana Kreiger-Benson
Peer Reviewed
“I’m not actually planning to try it,†the patient whispered to me while I was feeling her radial pulses. We had just finished an extensive conversation with her …
Evolution and Medicine: The loop of Henle, the complexities of its mammalian evolution, and the effect of loop diuretics
December 17, 2020
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 …
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 …
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 …