By Amar Parikh, MD
Peer Reviewed
This week, the nation was rocked by the decision of a Staten Island grand jury to not indict Officer Daniel Pantaleo in the death of Eric …
Clinical Correlations
The NYU Langone Health Online Journal of Medicine
From The Archives: Does Perioperative Smoking Cessation Improve outcomes?
December 4, 2014
Please enjoy this Post from the archives dated January 6, 2012
By Benjamin Wu, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
Mr. T is a 53-year-old man, with history significant for cholelithiasis. He decides to have an elective …
Mystery Quiz
December 2, 2014Vivian Hayashi MD, Robert Smith MD
The patient is an 82 year old man with frequent breathlessness. The patient had been admitted several times in the past two years for congestive heart failure. Two years earlier, the patient suffered an NSTEMI. A diagnostic cardiac catheterization revealed triple vessel coronary disease. A …
Myths and Realities: Airline Travel and Deep Venous Thrombosis-Does Economy Class Syndrome Really Exist?
November 26, 2014
By Matthew Weiss, MD
Peer Reviewed
Background:
The number of worldwide air travelers is expected to surpass 3.3 billion by 2015 and possibly double by 2030 [1]. These changes will likely …
Primecuts – This Week In The Journals
November 24, 2014
By Chio Yokose, MD
Peer Reviewed
As temperatures took a noticeable dip earlier this week in New York City, prompting many of us to begrudgingly pull out our heavy down coats and boots …
Approach to the Hospitalized Patient with Community-Acquired Pneumonia: Should Procalcitonin Be Part of the Initial Evaluation?
November 21, 2014
By Matthew Light, MD
Peer Reviewed
A 79 year-old female, 20 pack-year ex-smoker with history of mild systolic congestive heart failure is referred to the emergency department (ED) after an outpatient visit with her …
Primecuts – This Week in the Journals
November 19, 2014
By Max Padgett, MD, MPH
Peer Reviewed
The United States and China, the two largest producers of greenhouse gases, have reached a historic agreement on reducing carbon emissions. President Obama announced that the …
Why Do Toenails Grow More Slowly Than Fingernails?
November 14, 2014By Alice Drain
Peer Reviewed
Warm weather heralds the arrival of flip-flops and the exposure of toes previously tucked away in socks and boots. This sudden pedal presence makes one wonder, why do toenails grow more slowly than fingernails?
