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  • Noninvasive positive pressure ventilation for stable outpatients: CPAP and beyond
    Theerakorn Theerakittikul, MD, Basma Ricaurte, MD and Loutfi S. Aboussouan, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine October 2010, 77 (10) 705-714; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.77a.10060

    We discuss the different types of noninvasive positive pressure ventilation, the specific conditions in which they can be used, and the evidence supporting their efficacy in outpatients.

  • Taking blood pressure: Too important to trust to humans?
    Donald G. Vidt, MD, Richard S. Lang, MD, MPH, Raul J. Seballos, MD, Anita Misra-Hebert, MD, John Campbell, MD and James F. Bena, MS
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine October 2010, 77 (10) 683-688; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.77a.09155

    The reality of blood pressure measurement is that human beings do not do it very well. The time has come to delegate this job to machines that can do it better.

  • Combined reperfusion strategies in ST-segment elevation MI: Rationale and current role
    Elias B. Hanna, MD, Thomas A. Hennebry, MD and Mazen S. Abu-Fadel, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2010, 77 (9) 629-638; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.77a.10024

    In geographic areas where percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is not immediately available, the best strategy may be to give thrombolysis immediately and then to transfer the patient to a PCI hospital.

  • Hepatitis C virus: Prevention, screening, and interpretation of assays
    Mazen Albeldawi, MD, Ernesto Ruiz-Rodriguez, MD and William D. Carey, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2010, 77 (9) 616-626; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.77a.09162

    Patients at risk of hepatitis C virus infection should be screened for it so that they can be treated and potentially cured, or can at least avoid transmitting the disease to others.

  • Interferon-gamma-release assays: Better than tuberculin skin testing?
    Cyndee Miranda, MD, J. Walton Tomford, MD and Steven M. Gordon, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2010, 77 (9) 606-611; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.77a.09112

    These new blood tests overcome some of the limitations of skin testing, but converting to them poses challenges.

  • Charcot neuroarthropathy: An often overlooked complication of diabetes
    Charcot neuroarthropathy: An often overlooked complication of diabetes
    Georgeanne Botek, DPM, Martha A. Anderson, DPM and Ryan Taylor, DPM
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2010, 77 (9) 593-599; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.77a.09163

    Suspect this condition if a patient with long-standing, poorly controlled diabetes and peripheral neuropathy develops a red, hot, swollen foot without ulceration.

  • Noninvasive tests for liver disease, fibrosis, and cirrhosis: Is liver biopsy obsolete?
    Noninvasive tests for liver disease, fibrosis, and cirrhosis: Is liver biopsy obsolete?
    Emily Carey, DO and William D. Carey, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2010, 77 (8) 519-527; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.77a.09138

    The need for liver biopsy is diminishing, thanks to accurate blood tests and imaging studies.

  • How to prevent glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis
    Robin K. Dore, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2010, 77 (8) 529-536; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.77a.10003

    When prescribing glucocorticoids for long-term treatment, physicians should take steps to prevent osteoporosis.

  • Coronary heart disease in people infected with HIV
    Carlos D. Malvestutto, MD, MPH and Judith A. Aberg, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2010, 77 (8) 547-556; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.77a.09119

    Traditional risk factors are the main culprits, although the infection itself and antiviral therapy also contribute.

  • Menstrual manipulation: Options for suppressing the cycle
    Caitlin W. Hicks, BA and Ellen S. Rome, MD, MPH
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine July 2010, 77 (7) 445-453; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.77a.09128

    If they wish, women can have more control over when and if they menstruate, even though myths and misperceptions abound among clinicians.

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