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  • Deep brain stimulation: What can patients expect from it?
    Deep brain stimulation: What can patients expect from it?
    Andre Machado, MD, PhD, Hubert H. Fernandez, MD and Milind Deogaonkar, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2012, 79 (2) 113-120; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.78gr.11006

    Its indications (particularly movement disorders), risks, and benefits, and what is involved before, during, and after implantation.

  • A 48-year-old woman with an ecchymotic rash
    Soumya Chatterjee, MD, MS, FRCP and Ralph J. Tuthill, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2012, 79 (2) 102-105; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.78a.10173

    Her test results satisfied the criteria for a lupus anticoagulant. What is the most likely diagnosis?

  • Finding the cause of acute kidney injury: Which index of fractional excretion is better?
    Jonathan Gotfried, MD, Jonathan Wiesen, MD, Rupesh Raina, MD, PhD, FACP, FAAP and Joseph V. Nally, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2012, 79 (2) 121-126; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.79a.11030

    In patients on diuretics, fractional excretion of urea should be used in preference to fractional excretion of sodium.

  • Posttraumatic stress disorder, depression, and suicide in veterans
    Leo Sher, MD, María Dolores Braquehais, MD, PhD and Miquel Casas, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2012, 79 (2) 92-97; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.79a.11069

    In military veterans, depression, posttraumatic stress disorder, and suicidal thoughts are common and closely linked.

  • Talking to patients: Barriers to overcome
    Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2012, 79 (2) 90; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.79b.12002

    Not all patients think like doctors, but we need to be able to think like patients.

  • A 37-year-old man with a chronic cough
    Sandeep M. Patel, MD, Sheena S. Patel, BA and Robert Myers, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2012, 79 (2) 141-150; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.79a.11010

    When asked, he revealed that he had been diagnosed with human immunodeficiency virus infection but had not been taking his medication.

  • Diffuse reticulonodular infiltrates
    Maria Giselle S. Velez, MD, FACP and Vicente Jose M. Velez, MD, FACP
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2012, 79 (1) 16-17; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.78a.11009
  • Managing community-acquired pneumonia during flu season
    Sarah Haessler, MD and Jennifer J. Schimmel, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2012, 79 (1) 67-78; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.79a.11108
  • Skin and soft-tissue infections: Classifying and treating a spectrum
    Sabitha Rajan, MD, MSc, FHM
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2012, 79 (1) 57-66; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.79a.11044
  • Cytomegalovirus colitis
    Jana G. Hashash, MD, Marwan Refaat, MD, Abdulrahman Abdulbaki, MD, Elie G. Aoun, MD and Leonard Baidoo, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2012, 79 (1) 12-13; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.78a.11028

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