Index by author

February 01, 2017; Volume 84,Issue 2

  1. Mallery, Laurie Herzig

    1. Severely frail elderly patients do not need lipid-lowering drugs
      Laurie Herzig Mallery, MD, FRCPC, MSM, Paige Moorhouse, MD, MPH, FRCPC, MSM, Pam McLean Veysey, BSc (Pharm), Michael Allen, MD, MSc and Isobel Fleming, BScPharm, ACPR
      Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2017, 84 (2) 131-142; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.15114

      Statins have no role as primary prevention in this population, and a minor role as secondary prevention.

  2. Mandell, Brian F.

    1. Evidence helps, but some decisions remain within the art of medicine
      Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD
      Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2017, 84 (2) 88-90; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84b.02017

      In bacterial meningitis, precise diagnosis by lumbar puncture both offers benefit and poses risk.

  3. Mirrakhimov, Aibek E.

    1. Ring-enhancing cerebral lesions
      Aram Barbaryan, MD, Jignesh Modi, MD, Wajih Raqeem, MD, Michael I. Choi, MD, Alan Frigy, MD and Aibek E. Mirrakhimov, MD
      Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2017, 84 (2) 104-110; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.16037

      The patient has poorly controlled HIV, seizures, and brain lesions. Is Histoplasma or Toxoplasma the cause of the lesions?

    2. When should brain imaging precede lumbar puncture in cases of suspected bacterial meningitis?
      Aibek E. Mirrakhimov, MD, Adam Gray, MD and Taha Ayach, MD
      Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2017, 84 (2) 111-113; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.16028

      Few patients need it. Empiric antibiotic and corticosteroid therapy must not be delayed.

  4. Modi, Jignesh

    1. Ring-enhancing cerebral lesions
      Aram Barbaryan, MD, Jignesh Modi, MD, Wajih Raqeem, MD, Michael I. Choi, MD, Alan Frigy, MD and Aibek E. Mirrakhimov, MD
      Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2017, 84 (2) 104-110; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.16037

      The patient has poorly controlled HIV, seizures, and brain lesions. Is Histoplasma or Toxoplasma the cause of the lesions?

  5. Moorhouse, Paige

    1. Severely frail elderly patients do not need lipid-lowering drugs
      Laurie Herzig Mallery, MD, FRCPC, MSM, Paige Moorhouse, MD, MPH, FRCPC, MSM, Pam McLean Veysey, BSc (Pharm), Michael Allen, MD, MSc and Isobel Fleming, BScPharm, ACPR
      Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2017, 84 (2) 131-142; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.15114

      Statins have no role as primary prevention in this population, and a minor role as secondary prevention.

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