By Adam Blaisdell
Peer Reviewed
Present Day – The patient is a 61 year-old male who presents with a one-week history of jaundice and intense pruritus. He has a medical history …
Clinical Correlations
The NYU Langone Health Online Journal of Medicine
Primecuts – This Week In The Journals
January 24, 2017By Calvin Ngai, MD
Peer Reviewed
In former President Barack Obama’s last farewell speech, he asked all fellow Americans to continue to believe in our ability to create change. This past weekend, the day after Donald J. Trump was sworn into the presidential office and our country bid one last farewell to …
Gamechanger? Can Pioglitazone Reduce Cardiovascular Events After a Stroke? An Analysis of the IRIS Trial
January 19, 2017
By Johanna Hase, MD
Peer Reviewed
Welcome to Gamechangers, a series that takes a critical look at the latest in medical literature to answer one important question: would the results of this …
Primecuts – This Week In The Journals
January 17, 2017
By Scott Butler, MD
Peer Reviewed
A presidential goodbye. A contentious press conference. A salacious dossier from a British spy. It’s been quite a week.
As Republican legislators transition from …
Myths and Realities: Is My Cirrhotic Patient Auto-anticoagulated?
January 12, 2017
By B. Corbett Walsh, MD
Peer Reviewed
Case: A 65 year-old man with cirrhosis is admitted to the ICU for severe pneumonia. His hepatic dysfunction is chronically severe, as …
Primecuts – This Week In The Journals
January 9, 2017
By: Nancyanne Schmidt, MD
Peer Reviewed
This week, the intelligence report commissioned by President Obama on suspected hacking during the recent presidential election revealed that Russian President Vladimir …
Primecuts – This Week In The Journals
January 4, 2017
By Derek Moriyama, MD
Peer Reviewed
It is official. The members of the electoral college have cast their votes and Donald Trump will be the next President of the United …
Primecuts-This Week in the Journals
December 19, 2016
By B. Corbett Walsh, MD
Peer Reviewed
As many of us reflect on the festivities that occurred during the Department of Medicine Holiday Party this past weekend, all can agree that winter is not only coming, but that it has arrived. Earlier …