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  • Problems with myocardial infarction definitions
    Samer Antonios, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2014, 81 (3) 139; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.81c.03001

    Readers comment on problems with the definition of myocardial infarction (December 2013) and on the diagnosis of myasthenia gravis (November 2013).

  • In reply: Myasthenia gravis
    Yuebing Li, MD, PhD, Yeeshu Arora, MD and Kerry Levin, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2014, 81 (3) 145; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.81c.03004

    Readers comment on problems with the definition of myocardial infarction (December 2013) and on the diagnosis of myasthenia gravis (November 2013).

  • In reply: Problems with myocardial infarction definitions
    David M. Tehrani, MS and Arnold H. Seto, MD, MPA
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2014, 81 (3) 139-144; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.81c.03002

    Readers comment on problems with the definition of myocardial infarction (December 2013) and on the diagnosis of myasthenia gravis (November 2013).

  • When are effective medications just too expensive?
    Shivan J. Mehta, MD, MBA and David A. Asch, MD, MBA
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2014, 81 (3) 173-175; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.81a.14010

    Physicians may have been taught that it isn’t their job to think about costs—but they should.

  • Hepatitis C virus: Here comes all-oral treatment
    Hepatitis C virus: Here comes all-oral treatment
    Mohannad Dugum, MD and Robert O’shea, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2014, 81 (3) 159-172; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.81a.13155

    Direct-acting antiviral drugs open the door for an all-oral regimen, potentially eliminating the need for interferon and thus avoiding its harsh side effects.

  • Is hemoglobin A1c an accurate measure of glycemic control in all diabetic patients?
    Fateh Bazerbachi, MD, Shaban Nazarian, MD, Abdul Hamid Alraiyes, MD and M. Chadi Alraies, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2014, 81 (3) 146-149; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.81a.13147

    Regard its values with suspicion, especially when they do not agree with the patient’s blood glucose levels.

  • Prevention and treatment of influenza in the primary care office
    Dmitriy M. Golovyan, MD and Sherif B. Mossad, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2014, 81 (3) 189-199; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.81a.13159

    Fewer than half of eligible US residents get vaccinated. Here is a review of the barriers and the new options.

  • Wide QRS complex rhythm with pulseless electrical activity
    Laszlo Littmann, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2014, 81 (2) 81-82; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.81a.13079

    Although this presentation is grave, several of its possible causes can be treated, allowing the patient to recover.

  • Anticoagulation and antiplatelet therapy in acute coronary syndromes
    Anticoagulation and antiplatelet therapy in acute coronary syndromes
    Dhssraj Singh, MD, Kamal Gupta, MD and James L. Vacek, MD, MSc
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2014, 81 (2) 103-114; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.81a.13016

    Antiplatelet and anticoagulant drugs prevent ischemic events but can cause bleeding. Here is how to optimize the benefit.

  • Slow-growing angiomatous lesions on the limbs
    José Ramón Estela Cubells, MD, Amparo Pérez Ferriols, MD and Víctor Alegre De Miquel, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2014, 81 (2) 79-80; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.81a.13058

    Erythematous plaques after age 70 should raise the suspicion of classic Kaposi sarcoma.

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