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  • Altered mental status and an acid-base disturbance January 2017
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2017, 84 (3) 214;

    Errors occurred in: Mani S, Rutecki GW. A patient with altered mental status and an acid-base disturbance. Cleve Clin J Med 2017; 84:27–34.

  • Management of coronary chronic total occlusion
    Jaikirshan Khatri, MD, Mouin Abdallah, MD and Stephen Ellis, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2017, 84 (12 suppl 3) 27-38; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84.s3.03
  • Which bowel preparation should be used for colonoscopy in patients who have had bariatric surgery?
    Zubin Arora, MD, Gursimran Kochhar, MD and Bo Shen, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine May 2017, 84 (5) 350-351; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.15179

    The authors routinely use low-volume (2-L) polyethylene glycol preparations in split-dose regimens.

  • Fighting the reflux reflex
    Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine June 2017, 84 (6) 419; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84b.06017

    We should think twice when making a clinical diagnosis of gastroesophageal reflux disease.

  • A lump on the hip
    Morteza Khodaee, MD, MPH, Seth Mathern, MD, Wendy S. Madigosky, MD, MSPH and Jonathan T. Bravman, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2017, 84 (8) 594-596; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.16065

    The patient had fallen on his hip while playing basketball about 2 weeks earlier.

  • Optimizing diagnostic testing for venous thromboembolism
    Patrick Rendon, MD, Taylor Goot, MD, Allison E. Burnett, PharmD, PhC, CACP, Michael B. Streiff, MD and Jessica Zimmerberg-Helms, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine July 2017, 84 (7) 545-554; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.16049

    A thoughtful approach to diagnosing venous thromboembolism and screening for thrombophilic disorders.

  • Parsimonious blood use and lower transfusion triggers: What is the evidence?
    Moises Auron, MD, FAAP, FACP, SFHM, Marina Y. Duran Castillo, MD, FACP and Ajay Kumar, MD, MRCP, FACP, SFHM
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2017, 84 (1) 43-51; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.15134

    Cumulative data have confi rmed the safety of a conservative approach to transfusion.

  • Antibiotic stewardship: Why we must, how we can
    Arjun Srinivasan, MD, FSHEA, CAPT USPHS
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2017, 84 (9) 673-679; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84gr.17003

    It has always been a good idea; now it is required.

  • Disseminated molluscum contagiosum lesions in an HIV patient
    Telma Azevedo, MD, Alexandre Catarino, MD, Lurdes Ferreira, MD, Fernando Borges, MD and Kamal Mansinho, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2017, 84 (3) 186-187; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.16070

    The patient was diagnosed with HIV-related encephalopathy and disseminated Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection.

  • Bleeding esophageal varices: Who should receive a shunt?
    Ghassoub Rifai, MD, Zade Akras and Ibrahim A. Hanouneh, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2017, 84 (3) 199-201; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.15149

    A transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt can prevent repeated variceal bleeding and control refractory ascites.

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