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  • Asymptomatic carotid artery disease: A personalized approach to management
    Aldo L. Schenone, MD, Aaron Cohen, DO and Mehdi H. Shishehbor, DO, MPH, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2015, 82 (12) 855-863; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.82a.14144

    Should the patient undergo surgery or just medical care? The decision can be based on age, sex, and life expectancy.

  • The new oral anticoagulants: Reasonable alternatives to warfarin
    Bernardino Roca, MD, PhD and Manuel Roca, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2015, 82 (12) 847-854; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.82a.14052

    The clinically relevant characteristics of the new agents and guidance on their use.

  • Women’s health 2015: An update for the internist
    Lisa N. Kransdorf, MD, MPH, Melissa A. McNeil, MD, MPH, Julia A. Files, MD and Marjorie R. Jenkins, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2015, 82 (11) 759-764; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.82a.15096

    Antidepressants in pregnancy, nonhormonal therapies for menopausal symptoms, and heart failure therapy.

  • An elderly woman with ‘heart failure’: Cognitive biases and diagnostic error
    Nikhil Mull, MD, James B. Reilly, MD, MS and Jennifer S. Myers, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2015, 82 (11) 745-753; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.82a.14087

    The authors review a case to analyze what went wrong and why.

  • Pancreas transplant for diabetes mellitus
    Pancreas transplant for diabetes mellitus
    Hannah R. Kerr, MD, Betul Hatipoglu, MD and Venkatesh Krishnamurthi, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2015, 82 (11) 738-744; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.82a.14090

    Transplant consistently normalizes hemoglobin A1c levels without the risk of severe hypoglycemia.

  • Common infectious complications of liver transplant
    Lydia Chelala, MD, Christopher S. Kovacs, MD, Alan J. Taege, MD and Ibrahim A. Hanouneh, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2015, 82 (11) 773-784; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.82a.14118

    The risk and the likely organisms vary with the patient’s state of immunosuppression and the time after transplant.

  • Recreational cannabis use: Pleasures and pitfalls
    Joseph G. Rella, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2015, 82 (11) 765-772; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.82a.14073

    The legalization of cannabis and its increased potency today are leading to complications hitherto unseen.

  • Noncosmetic uses of botulinum toxin in otolaryngology
    Michael S. Benninger, MD and Libby J. Smith, DO, FAOCO
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2015, 82 (11) 729-732; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.82a.14096

    It is used for spasmodic dysphonia, essential tremor of the voice, and dysphagia due to cricopharyngeal dysfunction.

  • GERD: Diagnosing and treating the burn
    Mohammed Alzubaidi, MD and Scott Gabbard, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine October 2015, 82 (10) 685-692; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.82a.14138

    If symptoms do not respond to a proton pump inhibitor or are atypical, testing may be needed.

  • Troponin elevation after noncardiac surgery: Significance and management
    Samuel Horr, MD, Grant Reed, MD and Venu Menon, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2015, 82 (9) 595-602; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.82a.15076

    Patients with elevations are at higher risk of morbidity and death, but current guidelines provide few recommendations.

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