By Robin Guo, MD
Peer Reviewed
This week was marked by ground-breaking milestones in the fields of science and engineering, such as the awe-inspiring images of Pluto beamed from several billion …
Clinical Correlations
The NYU Langone Health Online Journal of Medicine
Diagnostic Challenges in Latent Tuberculosis Infection: A Brief Review of Available Tests and their Appropriate Use
July 15, 2015
By: Miguel A. Saldivar, MD
Peer ReviewedÂ
“Indeterminate.” Many clinicians have expressed frustration when reading this word on a Quantiferon-TB Gold test result. The obligate follow-up question is: what is the next best step? Repeat …
Primecuts – This Week In The Journals
July 13, 2015
By David Valentine, MD
Peer Reviewed
In a busy week, here’s some world news highlights: After a month of dramatic drops in the Chinese markets, finances have begun to stabilize, but at the …
Neurologic Complications In Infective Endocarditis: To Anticoagulate Or Not To Anticoagulate
July 10, 2015
By Shannon Chiu, MD
Peer Reviewed
The annual incidence of infective endocarditis (IE) is estimated to be 3 to 9 cases per 100,000 persons in developed countries [1-2]. Neurologic complications are the most …
Primecuts – This Week In The Journals
July 7, 2015
By Rina Mauricio, MD
Peer Reviewed
This past week saw the coming and going of one of the most significant and dreaded days of the year, at least …
From the Archives: Myth vs. Reality: The July Effect
July 1, 2015
Please enjoy this post from the archives dated August 12, 2012
By Mark Adelman, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
Another July 1st has come and gone, marking the yearly transition in US graduate medical education of interns to junior …
Primecuts – This Week In The Journals
June 29, 2015
By Olivia Begasse De Dhaem, MD
Peer Reviewed
According to the latest data from UNHCR, the United Nations Refugee Agency, war and persecution displaced a total of 59.4 million people in 2014, primarily …
Mystery Quiz-The Answer
June 19, 2015Vivian Hayashi MD, Robert Smith MD
The answer to the mystery quiz is methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) pneumonia. The initial CXR (image 4) showed increased density in the area of the left hilum, hinting at a process in the superior segment of the left lower lobe. The next CXR …