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 …
Clinical Correlations
The NYU Langone Health Online Journal of Medicine
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 in developing …
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 …
Mystery Quiz
June 18, 2015Vivian Hayashi MD, Robert Smith MD
The patient is a 46 year old female who presented to the emergency room with breathlessness, productive cough, subjective fever, and myalgia for one week. Her history was notable for mild persistent asthma treated with tiotropium, mometasone, formoterol, and albuterol as needed. The patient …
Primecuts – This Week In The Journals
June 17, 2015
By Arvind Reddy Devanabanda, MD
Peer Reviewed
Americans are anxiously awaiting a Supreme Court ruling in King v. Burwell. In this case, the existence of federal subsidies for health insurance coverage in …
Spotlight Case Part 2: Hypergammaglobulinemia and defective humoral immunity in HIV-infected patients
June 12, 2015
By Stephen Armenti, MD
Peer Reviewed
Please see Part 1 of this Spotlight Case which can be found here.
Case Report
A 45-year-old man with a history of mild intermittent asthma …
FROM THE ARCHIVES – Cardiac Murmur Websites: An Internet Review of Common Cardiac Auscultation Websites
June 11, 2015
Please enjoy this Post from the archives dated February 29, 2012
By Rachel Bond, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
In the field of medicine including the art of physical diagnosis, there is nothing more …
Primecuts – This Week In The Journals
June 9, 2015
By: Karin Katz, MD
This past week, American Pharoah won Belmont and was the first Triple Crown winner in 37 years. “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time” won best play at the …