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  • Caring for international patients November 2016
    Maryam Sattari, MD, Shehla Islam, MD and Amir Kazory, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2017, 84 (3) 180; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84c.03001

    Readers comment on caring for international patients (November 2016) and on acid-base disorders (January 2017).

  • Reproductive planning for women after solid-organ transplant
    Mina Al-Badri, MBCHB, Juliana M. Kling, MD, MPH and Suneela Vegunta, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2017, 84 (9) 719-728; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.16116

    Pregnancy can succeed, but patients must wait at least a year. Until then, meticulous contraception is mandatory.

  • Which patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease should undergo liver biopsy?
    Christina C. Lindenmeyer, MD and Arthur J. McCullough, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine April 2017, 84 (4) 273-275; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.16029

    Patients should undergo biopsy to guide management and prognosis if suspected of having steatohepatitis or fibrosis.

  • Diabetes control during Ramadan fasting
    A. V. Raveendran, MBBS, MD and Abdul Hamid Zargar, MBBS, MD, DM
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine May 2017, 84 (5) 352-356; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.16073

    For diabetic patients, fasting during Ramadan can cause wide fluctuations in blood sugar levels.

  • In reply: Serotonin syndrome (November 2016)
    Vishal Vashistha, MD, Sukhdeep Kaur, MD, Robert Z. Wang, MD and Gregory Rutecki
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine May 2017, 84 (5) 342-343; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84c.05002
  • Is it time to abandon fasting for routine lipid testing?
    Zareen Farukhi, MD and Samia Mora, MD, MHS
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2017, 84 (12) 919-922; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.16135

    Yes. Most patients do not need to fast.

  • Is there a doctor on board? In-flight medical emergencies
    Jose V. Nable, MD, MS, NRP, Christina L. Tupe, MD, Bruce D. Gehle, JD and William J. Brady, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine June 2017, 84 (6) 457-462; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.16072

    Although not legally required to render assistance, physicians have an ethical obligation to do so and should be prepared.

  • Cardiopulmonary exercise testing: A contemporary and versatile clinical tool
    Cardiopulmonary exercise testing: A contemporary and versatile clinical tool
    Kenneth Leclerc, MD, FACC, FACSM
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2017, 84 (2) 161-168; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.15013

    It has a class I recommendation for evaluating dyspnea of uncertain cause and in candidates for heart transplant.

  • Necrotizing pancreatitis: Diagnose, treat, consult
    Tiffany Y. Chua, MD, R. Matthew Walsh, MD, FACS, Mark E. Baker, MD and Tyler Stevens, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2017, 84 (8) 639-648; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.16052

    Patients may need intensive care, nutritional support, antibiotics, and radiologic, endoscopic, or surgical interventions.

  • In Reply: Acid-base disturbances January 2017
    Gregory W. Rutecki, MD and Shylaja Mani, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2017, 84 (3) 181; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84c.03004

    Readers comment on caring for international patients (November 2016) and on acid-base disorders (January 2017).

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