By Gabrielle Mayer
Peer Reviewed
The patient’s bloodwork results seemed straight from a hematology textbook: low hemoglobin, low mean corpuscular volume, low ferritin, and high total iron binding capacity.1 The diagnosis appeared …
Clinical Correlations
The NYU Langone Health Online Journal of Medicine
Primecuts – This Week in the Journals
September 27, 2019
By Omar Akhand
Peer Reviewed
With medicine advancing at such a rapid pace, it is crucial for physicians to keep up with the medical literature. This can quickly become an overwhelming endeavor given the sheer …
Bilateral Upper Extremity Deep Vein Thromboses: Not an Effortless Diagnosis
September 25, 2019
By Alvaro Vargas, MD
Peer ReviewedÂ
Learning Objectives
- Understand the classification and common causes of Upper Extremity Deep Vein Thromboses (upper extremity DVTs or UEDVTs)
- Explain the pathophysiology behind primary UEDVTs and how they can …
Chiefs’ Inquiry Corner – 9/23/19
September 23, 2019- Bellevue Clinic: How accurate is a point-of-care hemoglobin A1c? Can it be used to diagnose diabetes?
- Gouverneur Clinic: What is Brainerd diarrhea?
- Manhattan VA Hospital: Should neurohormonal blockade be discontinued in patients whose ejection fractions recover?
Primecuts – This Week in the Journals
September 20, 2019
By Joshua Rivers
Peer Reviewed
With medicine advancing at such a rapid pace, it is crucial for physicians to keep up with the medical literature. This can quickly become an overwhelming endeavor given …
Is it Ethical to ‘Google’ a Patient?
September 19, 2019
By Margot Hedlin, MD
Peer Reviewed
It’s another 27 hour call in the ICU, and at 10 pm the unit has slowed down. You open a browser to read …
What Is The Role Of Serologic Testing For Immunity To Measles During An Outbreak?
September 18, 2019
By Sandra Goldlust
Peer Reviewed Â
Measles was declared eliminated from the US in 2000. Our country, however, is currently in the midst of the largest measles outbreak …
Chiefs’ Inquiry Corner – 9/16/19
September 16, 2019- Gouverneur Clinic: What is the role of free testosterone testing in the workup of suspected male hypogonadism?
- Bellevue Clinic: Do total testosterone assays offer reliable and accurate measurements of testosterone in men with hypogonadism?
- Bellevue Hospital: Can we accurately predict which patients are at highest risk for severe alcohol withdrawal syndrome?Â