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  • A 40-year-old woman with excoriated skin lesions
    M. Chadi Alraies, MD, Emily Keller, MD, Khaldoon Shaheen, MD and Abdul Hamid Alraiyes, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2011, 78 (3) 161-163; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.78a.10042

    The lesions have been present for many years; a few show signs of recent bleeding. What is the diagnosis?

  • Gout and chronic kidney disease (December 2010)
    David L. Keller, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2011, 78 (2) 81; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.78c.02001

    A reader comments on the use of monoamine oxidase inhibitors to treat depression (December 2010) and on the treatment of gout in patients with chronic kidney disease (December 2010).

  • Caring for VIPs: Nine principles
    Jorge A. Guzman, MD, Madhu Sasidhar, MD and James K. Stoller, MD, MS
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2011, 78 (2) 90-94; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.78a.10113

    When the patient is a “very important person,” the health care team should resist pressure to bend the rules.

  • Seek and treat: HIV update 2011
    Alan Taege, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2011, 78 (2) 95-100; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.78gr.10003

    Clinicians should routinely and matter-of-factly test patients for human immunodeficiency virus infection, just as they screen for other diseases.

  • Air travel and venous thromboembolism: Minimizing the risk
    Air travel and venous thromboembolism: Minimizing the risk
    John R. Bartholomew, MD, Jonathan L. Schaffer, MD, MBA and Georges F. McCormick, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2011, 78 (2) 111-120; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.78a.10138

    Blood clots can occur during air travel, although the absolute risk is low. People with hypercoagulable conditions are at greater risk and may need prophylaxis.

  • Gout in patients with chronic kidney disease (December 2010)
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2011, 78 (2) 80;
  • Exercises for air travel
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2011, 78 (2) 121-122;
  • How should one investigate a chronic cough?
    Ryu P.H. Tofts, MBChB, Gustavo Ferrer, MD and Eduardo Oliveira, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2011, 78 (2) 84-89; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.77a.10033

    First, take the history, perform a physical examination, and order a chest radiograph.

  • Reviewers 2010
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2011, 78 (2) 134;
  • Goal-directed antihypertensive therapy: Lower may not always be better
    Edward J. Filippone, MD, Andrew Foy, MD and Eric Newman, DO
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2011, 78 (2) 123-133; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.78a.10101

    At least 16 trials have been done in which patients were randomly assigned different blood pressure goals. Surprisingly, they did not show that a lower target offered significant clinical benefit, and they suggest the potential for harm.

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