Clinical Correlations

Primecuts – This Week in the Journals

May 15, 2018

PrimeCuts 9 min read

By Michael Tamimi, MD

Peer Reviewed

At a mere 104 years old, famed ecologist and botanist David Goodall, who was frequently touted as Australia’s oldest scientist, ended his own life …

Spotlight: A case of Metformin Associated Lactic Acidosis

May 11, 2018

Endocrine Pharmacology Pulmonary/Critical Care Spotlight 6 min read

By Jasmine Nee and Martin Fried, MD

Peer Reviewed

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

1. What is metformin-associated lactic acidosis?
2. How does severe acidemia lead to acute kidney injury?
3. How do you treat metformin-associated lactic acidosis?

CASE SUMMARY

The …

Insulin in a Pill: Barriers to Development of Oral Insulin

May 8, 2018

Class Act Endocrine Pharmacology 4 min read

By Nicolas Gillingham

Peer Reviewed

Over 30 million Americans—9.4% of the population—live with diabetes, six million of whom are at least partially dependent on exogenous insulin.[1] Insulin can be …

Encephalopathy’s Muse

May 4, 2018

Class Act 3 min read

By Gregory Rubinfeld, MD

The thick and sultry August outside,

The stale ammonia scented inside,

James The Poet, bedridden, writing in a fury,

Charlotte on a chair next to him, yawning.

So too …

Core IM Hoofbeats: A 36F with weakness

May 2, 2018

CORE IM Podcast podcast 2 min read

By John Hwang MD, Cindy Fang MD, Neha Sathe MD, Michael P. Janjigian MD || Audio Editing and Graphic by Amy Ou, MD

Time Stamps

Part 1 Case (2:05)
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Primecuts-This Week in the Journals

May 1, 2018

PrimeCuts 6 min read

Mother Spring has arrived in New York this week and she is lovely. Flowers are blooming, birds are tweeting, rodents are merrily scurrying to and fro in full view …