Chief residents of the NYU Langone Internal Medicine Residency give quick-and-easy, evidence-based answers to interesting questions posed by house staff, both in their clinics and on the wards.
Clinical Correlations
The NYU Langone Health Online Journal of Medicine
The Hidden Faces in Medicine
October 28, 2022
By Amber Whitley, MD
What comes to mind when you hear the word physician? Male, intelligent, arrogant, medicine, white, surgeon, healer, etc. Do you think of me, a black female physician in medicine? …
Chief’s Inquiry Corner 10/27/22
October 27, 2022- Bellevue Inpatient: Is there a role for acetazolamide in acute decompensated heart failure with volume overload?
- Bellevue Outpatient: Who should undergo screening for Barrett’s Esophagus?
- VA Inpatient: How do you treat aspiration pneumonia?
The Medicare Part D Coverage Gap (“Donut Holeâ€) Explained
October 19, 2022
By Michael Papazian
Peer Reviewed                  Â
Let’s start with a case. Mr. B is a 67-year-old male with a history of hypertension, type 2 diabetes, and coronary artery disease. As his primary care physician, …
Chiefs’ Inquiry Corner – 10/5/2022
October 5, 2022- Tisch/Kimmel Inpatient: What is the role for early rhythm control in patients with new atrial fibrillation?
- VA Outpatient: What medications are the most effective for treatment of diabetic neuropathy?
- Bellevue Inpatient: What treatment options exist for multidrug resistant tuberculosis?
Is Cocoa the New Aspirin 81?
September 29, 2022
By Luke Bonanni
Peer Reviewed
Theobroma, literally “food of gods†in Greek, is an apt description of chocolate. Made from the fermented seeds of the Theobroma cacao tree, chocolate is an immensely popular …
Chief’s Inquiry Corner – 9/28/22
September 28, 2022- Bellevue Outpatient: What is the optimal duration of therapy for bisphosphates in osteoporosis?Â
- Bellevue Inpatient:Â What is the role of aggressive fluid resuscitation in acute pancreatitis?
- VA Inpatient:Â What is the treatment for allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis?
Chiefs’ Inquiry Corner – 9/20/2022
September 20, 2022- Gouverneur Outpatient: What are indications for treatment in essential thrombocythemia?Â
- Bellevue Inpatient: Are patients with discoid lupus erythematosus at risk for systemic lupus erythematosus?
- VA Inpatient: What is the risk of and differential diagnosis for recurrent Bell’s Palsy?