- Bellevue Inpatient: When should we cover for anaerobes in community-acquired aspiration pneumonia?
- VA Inpatient: What is the gamma gap and should its elevation alone trigger additional clinical workup? (Shoutout to the Dolgin team!)
- Tisch-Kimmel Inpatient: What is the cause of hyponatremia in legionella pneumonia?
Clinical Correlations
The NYU Langone Health Online Journal of Medicine
Chiefs’ Inquiry Corner – 2/23/22
February 23, 2022- NYU BK: Do we start statins for cutaneous xanthomas with normal triglycerides or mild dyslipidemia?
- Bellevue Outpatient: How can we identify patients who have an acute versus chronic hepatitis C infection, and how does this inform the subsequent management?
- Gouverneur Outpatient: “TB or not TB? That is the screening question” (thanks to our Primary Care Digest!)
Chiefs’ Inquiry Corner – 2/14/22
February 14, 2022- Bellevue Inpatient: What are the hepatic effects of linezolid?
- Tisch-Kimmel Inpatient: What is ‘red-man’ syndrome associated with vancomycin?
- VA Inpatient: When should stool cultures be ordered?
Harm Reduction: Principles, Practices, and Frontiers
February 10, 2022
By Matthew Haller
Peer Reviewed
The default mode of medical practice is curative: pursuit of the complete eradication of the malady at hand, leading to symptomatic relief and prolongation of life. In actuality, this frame is …
Chiefs’ Inquiry Corner – 2/7/22
February 7, 2022- VA Inpatient: What leads to hemolyzed blood samples, and is there anything we can do to prevent this from happening?
- Bellevue Outpatient: Is there evidence for putting patients with HFrEF on potassium binders so they are able to tolerate RAAS blockade?
- Bellevue Inpatient: How does Lokelma’s mechanism of action compare to older management strategies for hyperkalemia? (thanks to Jordan Scher’s team this block for the question!)
Chiefs’ Inquiry Corner – 1/31/22
January 31, 2022- Bellevue Inpatient: Why are natriuretic peptide levels reduced in people with obesity?
- Bellevue Outpatient: What is the differential diagnosis for macrocytic anemia?
- VA Inpatient: What is the clinical presentation of hereditary hemochromatosis? (Thanks to Abhi R. for an awesome intern report at the VA on this very topic!)
A History of Patient History-Taking: A Brief Review of the Origins of the Aphorism that “80% of Diagnoses Can Be Made by History Alone”
January 26, 2022
By Devon Zander
Peer Reviewed
Much has been said about the art of taking a patient history. The aphorism most commonly invoked by medical educators is that “80% of diagnoses can be made by history alone.”¹ …
Chiefs’ Inquiry Corner – 1/24/22
January 24, 2022- Bellevue Inpatient: In patients with cirrhosis, what is the mechanism of thrombocytopenia in patients who do not have evidence of splenomegaly on imaging or exam? (shoutout Aaron Landau and my team!)
- Tisch Inpatient: What is the relationship between myelodysplastic syndrome and chronic myeloid leukemia to the development of acute myeloid leukemia, and how does this impact management?
- NYU Brooklyn: What is the role of plasmapheresis in the management of IgA nephropathy?