Clinical Correlations

The NYU Langone Health Online Journal of Medicine


Mind the Gap on ACS and the TIMI Risk Score

CORE IM Podcast 2 min read

In this 2-part Mind the Gap episode, we explore – and pick apart – everything you thought you knew about unstable angina || By Steven R. Liu MD and Janine Knudsen MD || Graphic Design by Ramon Thompson || Peer Review Dr Norma Keller MD

Time Stamps

  • The basics – what is …

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Primecuts – This Week in the Journals

PrimeCuts 9 min read

By Ryan Grattan

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 given …

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The History Behind Aspirin 81

Class Act 4 min read

By Joshua Novack

Peer Reviewed

Patients often come into clinics on a grocery list of medications. Common prescriptions include lisinopril 20 mg, amlodipine 2.5 mg, metformin 500 mg, and aspirin 81 mg. One …

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The Fentanyl Crisis

Class Act 5 min read

By Andrew Segoshi

Peer Reviewed

If you live in New York, you’ve no doubt encountered the opioid epidemic sweeping the nation in the past decade. Whether it’s firsthand experience passing opioid users in the street congregating on St. Mark’s every summer, hearing …

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Core IM Hoofbeats: 47M with Chest Pain

CORE IM Podcast 2 min read

By John Hwang MD, Cindy Fang MD, Patrick Cocks MD, David Stern MD || Illustration by Amy Ou MD || Audio Editing by Harit Shah

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  • New features in this episode [00:25]
  • Data point 1: Early hypothesis generation? [03:20]
  • Data point 2: Pertinent negatives? [11:18]
  • Data point 3: Representativeness heuristic over-represented in medical education? …

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