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Suksaranjit, Promporn
- You have accessShort QT syndrome (January 2013)Supawat Ratanapo, MD, Narat Srivali, MD, Wisit Cheungpasitporn, MD, Saeed Ahmed, MB, BS, Promporn Suksaranjit, MD and Daych Chongnarungsin, MDCleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine April 2013, 80 (4) 203; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.80c.04001
Readers comment on the short QT syndrome (January 2013).
Svensson, Lars G.
- You have accessAortic valve replacement: Options, improvements, and costsLars G. Svensson, MD, PhDCleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine April 2013, 80 (4) 253-254; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.80a.13010
How aortic valve disease is managed continues to evolve. Issues include outcomes and costs.
Underwood, Donald A.
- You have accessImplications of a prominent R wave in V1Eric J. Chan, MD, Vijaiganesh Nagarajan, MD, MRCP, FACP and Donald A. Underwood, MDCleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine April 2013, 80 (4) 204-205; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.80a.11138
A 19-year-old woman presents with exertional dyspnea. What can her electrocardiogram tell us?
Van Duin, David
- You have accessCarbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae: A menace to our most vulnerable patientsFederico Perez, MD and David Van Duin, MD, PhDCleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine April 2013, 80 (4) 225-233; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.80a.12182
The emergence of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) highlights the importance of effective antibiotics to maintain the safety of our health care system. Clinicians will encounter CRE as a cause of difficult-to-treat and often fatal infections in hospitalized patients. We review the mechanisms of carbapenem resistance, the dissemination and clinical impact of these resistant organisms, and challenges to their detection, treatment, and control.
Williams, Susan E.
- You have accessBone mineral density testing: Is a T score enough to determine the screening interval?Krupa B. Doshi, MD, CCD, Leila Z. Khan, MD, CCD, Susan E. Williams, MS, MD, CCD and Angelo A. Licata, MD, PhDCleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine April 2013, 80 (4) 234-239; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.80a.12069
Although a trial found that women with normal or only slightly low results need not come back for another 15 years, it may not be so simple.
Wirth, Paul J.
- You have accessA rapidly growing crusted nodule on the lipPaul J. Wirth and Thomas N. Helm, MDCleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine April 2013, 80 (4) 222-224; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.80a.12050
The patient, who had a squamous cell carcinoma, underwent Mohs surgery and has done well.