By Kevin Rezzadeh
Peer Reviewed
Injuries associated with amateur boxing include facial lacerations, hand injuries, and bruised ribs.1 While many of the superficial wounds and bone fractures can completely heal, brain damage …
Clinical Correlations
The NYU Langone Health Online Journal of Medicine
Core IM Hoofbeats: 34M with Fever, Headache and Myalgias
January 16, 2019
By Shira Sachs MD, Stephanie Sherman MD, Cindy Fang MD and John Hwang MD || Audio Editing by Richard Chen || Graphic by Amy Ou MD
Time Stamps
- Player three has entered the game! [0:15]
- Case presentation, part 1 [1:20]
- First impressions [3:24]
- Rethinking another provider’s diagnosis [4:36]
- Interpreting the test of treatment [9:42]
- Keeping your instincts on …
Primecuts – This Week in the Journals
January 14, 2019
By Emily North, 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 become an overwhelming endeavor given the sheer quantity …
On the History of Statins
January 11, 2019
By David Pineles, MD
Peer Reviewed
With the implementation of the ACC/AHA guidelines on assessment of cardiovascular risk, HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors, commonly known as statins, will become one of the most prescribed medications in history [1]. Dr. John Ioadnnidis, in an article published in …
Primecuts – This Week in the Journals
January 8, 2019
By Zoe Lawrence, 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 become an overwhelming endeavor given the sheer quantity and breadth of …
Core IM: 5 Pearls on Troponin
January 2, 2019
By David Rhee MD, Greg Katz MD, Marty Fried MD, Shreya P. Trivedi MD || Illustration by Michael Natter MD || Audio Editing …
Core IM: Mind the Gap on Acetaminophen/Fevers Pathophysiology and Patient Outcomes
December 19, 2018
Join us in this episode as we question everything you ever thought you knew about… acetaminophen and fevers || By Steven R. Liu MD and Dr. …
Primecuts-This Week in the Journals
December 18, 2018
By: Siyuan Cao, 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 become an overwhelming endeavor …