Clinical Correlations

The NYU Langone Health Online Journal of Medicine

Mystery Quiz-The Answer

November 28, 2016
Mystery Quiz 3 min read

Before you read the answer, please review the original Mystery Quiz posted 11/18/16.

Vivian Hayashi MD, Robert Smith MD

The answer to the mystery quiz is aspiration pneumonia.  The CXR (Image 1) shows a total opacification of the right hemithorax.  Importantly, the tracheal air column is deviated to the side of the opacification.  …

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Glucagon People/Insulin People

November 23, 2016
Tales from the Bedside 4 min read

InsulinBy Michael Tanner, MD

Glucagon: a 29-amino-acid polypeptide secreted by the alpha cells of the pancreas in response to hypoglycemia or starvation. 

Insulin: a 51-amino-acid polypeptide secreted by the beta cells of the pancreas in …

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Primecuts – This Week In The Journals

November 21, 2016
PrimeCuts 8 min read

Hamilton_StarBy Maria Sunseri, MD

Peer Reviewed

This week we saw America’s favorite musical deliver an unscripted yet heartfelt message at the end of the performance to audience member Vice President-Elect Mike Pence. And while President-Elect …

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Mystery Quiz

November 18, 2016
Mystery Quiz < 1 min read

Vivian Hayashi MD, Robert Smith MD

The patient is an 86 year old man who presented with weakness, lethargy and falls.  His history was noteworthy for an episode of empyema nine years earlier that was managed with tube thoracostomy followed by decortication.  Seven years prior to this admission, upper endoscopy revealed …

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Primecuts – This Week In The Journals

November 15, 2016
PrimeCuts 7 min read

hill trumpsBy Andrew ElDabh, MD

Peer Reviewed

This week finally concluded one of the more bizarre election seasons in American political history, as business magnate Donald Trump defeated heavy favorite Hillary Clinton in the 45th …

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