Index by author
Ling, Evelyn
- You have accessMan’s best friend, fatal in the endEvelyn Ling, MD, Stacey Howell, MD, Mai Vang, BS and Paul Aronowitz, MDCleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2017, 84 (2) 146-150; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.16061
A dog bite in a patient without a spleen can have serious consequences.
Mallery, Laurie Herzig
- You have accessSeverely frail elderly patients do not need lipid-lowering drugsLaurie Herzig Mallery, MD, FRCPC, MSM, Paige Moorhouse, MD, MPH, FRCPC, MSM, Pam McLean Veysey, BSc (Pharm), Michael Allen, MD, MSc and Isobel Fleming, BScPharm, ACPRCleveland 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.
Mandell, Brian F.
- You have accessEvidence helps, but some decisions remain within the art of medicineBrian F. Mandell, MD, PhDCleveland 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.
Mirrakhimov, Aibek E.
- You have accessRing-enhancing cerebral lesionsAram Barbaryan, MD, Jignesh Modi, MD, Wajih Raqeem, MD, Michael I. Choi, MD, Alan Frigy, MD and Aibek E. Mirrakhimov, MDCleveland 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?
- You have accessWhen should brain imaging precede lumbar puncture in cases of suspected bacterial meningitis?Aibek E. Mirrakhimov, MD, Adam Gray, MD and Taha Ayach, MDCleveland 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.
Modi, Jignesh
- You have accessRing-enhancing cerebral lesionsAram Barbaryan, MD, Jignesh Modi, MD, Wajih Raqeem, MD, Michael I. Choi, MD, Alan Frigy, MD and Aibek E. Mirrakhimov, MDCleveland 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?
Moorhouse, Paige
- You have accessSeverely frail elderly patients do not need lipid-lowering drugsLaurie Herzig Mallery, MD, FRCPC, MSM, Paige Moorhouse, MD, MPH, FRCPC, MSM, Pam McLean Veysey, BSc (Pharm), Michael Allen, MD, MSc and Isobel Fleming, BScPharm, ACPRCleveland 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.
Raqeem, Wajih
- You have accessRing-enhancing cerebral lesionsAram Barbaryan, MD, Jignesh Modi, MD, Wajih Raqeem, MD, Michael I. Choi, MD, Alan Frigy, MD and Aibek E. Mirrakhimov, MDCleveland 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?
Shahmohammadi, Abbas
- You have accessIn reply: Submassive pulmonary embolism (December 2016)Ali Ataya, MD, Jessica Cope, PharmD, Abbas Shahmohammadi, MD and Hassan Alnuaimat, MDCleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2017, 84 (2) 94-95; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84c.02004
Shih, Elim
- You have accessMedical management of urinary incontinence in womenElim Shih, MD, Heather Hirsch, MD and Holly L. Thacker, MD, FACP, NCMP, CCDCleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2017, 84 (2) 151-158; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.16054
It is common, underreported, and undertreated. Primary care physicians can offer conservative management.
Thacker, Holly L.
- You have accessMedical management of urinary incontinence in womenElim Shih, MD, Heather Hirsch, MD and Holly L. Thacker, MD, FACP, NCMP, CCDCleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2017, 84 (2) 151-158; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.16054
It is common, underreported, and undertreated. Primary care physicians can offer conservative management.