Table of Contents

March 01, 1991; Volume 58,Issue 2

Highlights from Medical Grand Rounds

  • Ticlopidine: New Option for Stroke Prevention
    Cathy A. Sila, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 1991, 58 (2) 113-114;

    A new inhibitor of platelet aggregation shows promise in preventing stroke, as well as cardiac events in patients at risk for stroke.

  • Treating High Cholesterol: Everyday Applications of the National Guidelines
    Jeffrey W. Olin, DO and Michael D. Cressman, DO
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 1991, 58 (2) 114-115;

    Patient history and laboratory tests are key to the optimal application of the National Cholestrol Education Program guidelines.

Clinical Consultation

  • A practical approach to chronic fatigue syndrome
    Stephen P. Hayden, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 1991, 58 (2) 116-120;

    Psychiatric referral may be the best option for a number of patients with chronic fatigue syndrome.

Contributions

  • Prophylaxis and treatment of post-renal transplant rejection
    Donald R. Steinmuller, MD, Ernest Hodge, MD, Christopher Boshkos, MD, Stevan B. Streem, MD, Andrew C. Novick, MD and Dawn Bailey, RN
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 1991, 58 (2) 125-130;

    Monoclonal preparations offer advantages over polyclonal preparations in the prophylaxis and treatment of post-transplant rejection in renal transplantation.

VanOrdstrand Festschrift

  • Howard Scott VanOrdstrand, MD (1911–1988)
    Muzaffar Ahmad, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 1991, 58 (2) 131-132;

    A pioneer in beryllium lung disease is remembered.

  • The many facets of occupational asthma
    Stephen L. Demeter, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 1991, 58 (2) 137-142;

    Occupational asthma presents a variety of concerns-medical, occupational, and legal.

  • New perspectives in the imaging of pneumoconioses
    Moulay A. Meziane, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 1991, 58 (2) 143-147;

    Radiology has responded to the medical and legal challenges of pneumoconioses by providing clinicians with more objective diagnostic information.

  • Evaluating pulmonary impairment: appropriate use of pulmonary function and exercise tests
    Herbert P. Wiedemann, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 1991, 58 (2) 148-152;

    In occupational lung disease, the physician’s first and primary task is detection and measurement of impairment.

  • Immune mechanisms in beryllium lung disease
    Sharad D. Deodhar, MD, PhD and Barbara P. Barna, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 1991, 58 (2) 157-160;

    Animal investigations support the participation of cellular immune mechanisms in beryllium lung disease.

  • Asthma: current strategies for treatment
    Theodore F. Reiss, MD and Muzaffar Ahmad, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 1991, 58 (2) 161-169;

    Inhalation therapy with an anti-inflammatory and direct bronchodilator specifically targets airway inflammation.

Radiology Pathology Grand Rounds

Review

  • The value of echocardiography in mitral valve repair
    William J. Stewart, MD, Ernesto E. Salcedo, MD and Delos M. Cosgrove, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 1991, 58 (2) 177-183;

    In patients who require surgery for mitral regurgitation, valve repair may offer numerous advantages over valve replacement.

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