Clinical Correlations

The NYU Langone Health Online Journal of Medicine


Shortcuts-This Week in the Journals

PrimeCuts 2 min read

TubeCommentary by Michael Poles MD, Associate Editor Clinical Correlations

The latest estimates from the US Census Bureau suggest that the number of uninsured Americans has increased from 44.8 million in 2005 to roughly 47 million in 2006. This jump of …

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CPC 8-17-07 The Answer

CPC 1 min read

Case Presentation By: Marshall Fordyce, Senior Chief Resident

Please review the posting of the CPC case.

When you’re ready you can download the CPC Answer.

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X Ray Visions Mystery Quiz- The Answer

Before you read the answer, you may want to review the initial Mystery Quiz posted last week.

Commentary by Andrew Hardie MD, Fellow, NYU Department of Radiology

Although this patient’s symptoms were not the most typical of this entity, the CT findings in this case are diagnostic of a perforated anterior duodenal …

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Inpatient Diabetes Management: Case 1

Endocrine 3 min read

90px-glukometr_ot.jpgCommentary by Mary Vouyiouklis MD, Fellow, and Ann Danoff MD, Director, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, NYU Medical Center

Welcome to our special diabetes series intended to highlight the essentials of diabetes care …

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ShortCuts-This Week in the Journals

PrimeCuts 3 min read

europe03-073.jpgCommentary by Josh Olstein MD, Associate Editor, Clinical Correlations

This week, the most popular health-care related story in the lay press was the news about Medicare’s plan to no longer cover the additional costs …

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X-Ray Visions: Mystery Quiz

Mystery Quiz Radiology 2 min read

A 46 year old male with a past medical history of hypertension presents to the emergency room complaining of constant throbbing epigastric pain for one day. He rates the pain as 7/10, with some radiation to his chest. He reports some mild nausea, but denies diarrhea or constipation.  He does endorse a bloated sensation for the …

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An Update on Multiple Sclerosis

Neuro 3 min read

120px-monthly_multiple_sclerosis_mri.gifCommentary by Jacqueline Friedman, MD, Clinical Associate Professor of Neurology,  Director, New York Region Veterans Administration Multiple Sclerosis Center of Excellence

Multiple sclerosis (MS), a chronic disease of the central nervous system, is thought …

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