Table of Contents

September 01, 1992; Volume 59,Issue 5

Highlights from Medical Grand Rounds

CME Notebook

Current Drug Therapy

Contributions

  • Aortic valve replacement in young patients: long-term follow-up
    Douglas S. Moodie, MD, Usama Hanhan, MD, Richard Sterba, MD, Daniel J. Murphy, MD, Eliot R. Rosenkranz, MD and Andrea M. Kovacs, BS
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 1992, 59 (5) 473-478;

    The risk of long-term cardiovascular complications necessitates close follow-up through late childhood and adulthood.

  • Head and neck spindle cell carcinoma: an evaluation of current management
    Michael S. Benninger, MD, Dennis Kraus, MD, Bruce Sebek, MD, Harvey M. Tucker, MD and Pierre Lavertu, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 1992, 59 (5) 479-482;

    Improving prognosis for this aggressive variant of squamous cell carcinoma depends on early diagnosis.

  • Transient osteoporosis of the hip: clinical and imaging features
    Jean Schils, MD, David Piraino, MD, Bradford J. Richmond, MD, Bernard Stulberg, MD, George H. Belhobek, MD and Angelo A. Licata, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 1992, 59 (5) 483-488;

    Radiographic findings are late and sometimes subtle.

  • Lipid and lipoprotein abnormalities in lower-extremity arteriosclerosis obliterans
    Jeffrey W. Olin, DO, Michael D. Cressman, DO, Jess R. Young, MD, Byron J. Hoogwerf, MD and Cheryl E. Weinstein, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 1992, 59 (5) 491-497;

    This study’s findings underscore the need for a complete lipid profile when formulating a treatment plan.

Review

  • Mastectomy with immediate reconstruction: issues and answers
    Richard V. Dowden, MD and Randall J. Yetman, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 1992, 59 (5) 499-503;

    Immediate reconstruction hastens rehabilitation by easing the patient’s psychological burdens.

  • Glucocorticoids in clinical oncology
    Declan Walsh, MSc and Jay Avashia, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 1992, 59 (5) 505-515;

    A review of current indications.

  • Uses of hyperbaric oxygen therapy in the 1990s
    Eric P. Kindwall, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 1992, 59 (5) 517-528;

    Hyperbaric oxygen is safe and effective in a number of critical situations, yet its use is still largely empirical.

  • Urticaria and angioedema
    Andrew E. Davidson, MD, S. David Miller, MD, Guy Settipane, MD and Donald Klein, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 1992, 59 (5) 529-534;

    Diagnosis is based on the history, especially the duration of symptoms, exacerbating factors, and atopy.

  • Suicide risk associated with drug and alcohol addiction
    Norman S. Miller, MD, A. James Giannini, MD and Mark S. Gold, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 1992, 59 (5) 535-538;

    Determining increased risk is a clinical necessity.

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