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  • CT of the heart: Principles, advances, clinical uses
    CT of the heart: Principles, advances, clinical uses
    Paul Schoenhagen, MD, Arthur E. Stillman, MD, PhD, Sandra S. Halliburton, PhD and Richard D. White, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2005, 72 (2) 127-138;

    Computed tomography has become a standard test for aortic dissection and pulmonary embolism, and it has great potential for assessing coronary artery disease. We review its principles and its uses in cardiovascular medicine.

  • Overactive bladder: Evaluation and management in primary care
    Matt T. Rosenberg, MD and Roger R. Dmochowski, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2005, 72 (2) 149-156;

    An algorithm can help detect and manage this common problem.

  • A clinician’s guide to managing Helicobacter pylori infection
    Richard Saad, MD and William D. Chey, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2005, 72 (2) 109-124;

    A physician must choose carefully which patients to test, because widespread treatment is neither justified clinically nor cost-effective.

  • Electrodiagnostic testing of nerves and muscles: When, why, and how to order
    Electrodiagnostic testing of nerves and muscles: When, why, and how to order
    Kamal R. Chémali, MD and Bryan Tsao, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2005, 72 (1) 37-48;

    Electrodiagnostic testing is a powerful tool, but when and how to use it is not always clear.

  • Diabetes and coronary artery disease: The role of stress myocardial perfusion imaging
    Frans J. Th. Wackers, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2005, 72 (1) 21-33;

    Stress myocardial perfusion imaging holds promise but needs to undergo cost-effectiveness analysis.

  • Benefits of more aggressive VTE prophylaxis in hospitalized medical patients
    L. Bernardo Menajovsky, MD, MS and John Spandorfer, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2004, 71 (12) 947-960;

    Most hospitalized medical patients who should be receiving anticoagulants to prevent VTE according to current guidelines are not getting them, or are receiving subtherapeutic doses.

  • A guide to assessing decision-making capacity
    Roger C. Jones, MD and Timothy Holden, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2004, 71 (12) 971-975;

    Physicians must care for many patients who are neither fully capable nor totally incapable of understanding and expressing choices about their treatment. We present an algorithm for assessing decision-making capacity.

  • Epidural steroids for back and leg pain: Mechanism of action and efficacy
    Epidural steroids for back and leg pain: Mechanism of action and efficacy
    Robert F. McLain, MD, Leonardo Kapural, MD, PhD and Nagy A. Mekhail, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2004, 71 (12) 961-970;

    Epidural steroid injections may relieve the patient’s pain while healing occurs. Who should receive this therapy, and what kind of benefit can they reasonably expect?

  • Benign prostatic hyperplasia: Now we can begin to tailor treatment
    Benign prostatic hyperplasia: Now we can begin to tailor treatment
    Carl K. Gjertson, MD, Konstantin Walmsley, MD and Steven A. Kaplan, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2004, 71 (11) 857-880;

    The management of benign prostatic hyperplasia has improved considerably in recent years. A review of medications, surgery, and new minimally invasive procedures.

  • Safe use of opioids in chronic noncancer pain
    Teresa E. Dews, MD and Nagy Mekhail, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2004, 71 (11) 897-904;

    Many physicians needlessly avoid prescribing opioid analgesics for chronic pain because of misconceptions about efficacy, adverse effects, abuse, and addiction potential.

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