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Table of Contents

March 01, 2002; Volume 69,Issue 3

From the Editor

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    BNP looks like a winner
    John D. Clough, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2002, 69 (3) 179;

    Natriuretic peptides are out of the research laboratory and into the clinic and hospital ward.

Medical Grand Rounds

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    How to assess and counsel the older driver
    Barbara J. Messinger-Rapport, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2002, 69 (3) 184-192;

    Suggesting that a patient stop driving is never easy, yet taking no action may have deadly consequences.

Im Board Review

  • A 52-year-old man with excessive daytime sleepiness
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    A 52-year-old man with excessive daytime sleepiness
    Bipin D. Sarodia, MD, Reena Mehra, MD and Joseph A. Golish, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2002, 69 (3) 193-207;

    What is the cause of this patient’s symptoms? A self-test.

Cancer Diagnosis and Management

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    Oncologic emergencies for the internist
    William S. Krimsky, MD, Robert J. Behrens, MD and Gary J. Kerkvliet, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2002, 69 (3) 209-222;

    The complications the general internist is most likely to see and can least afford to miss.

Review

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    Hereditary hemochromatosis: A common, often unrecognized, genetic disease
    Geraldine M. McCarthy, MD, Conor J. McCarthy, MD, Dermot Kenny, MD, John Crowe, MD, PhD and Stephen Eustace, MB
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2002, 69 (3) 224-237;

    Although hereditary hemochromatosis is one of the most common genetic diseases affecting people of northern European descent, it is underdiagnosed.

Patient Information

  • What is hemochromatosis?
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    What is hemochromatosis?
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2002, 69 (3) 238;

Editorial

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    Hereditary hemochromatosis: Molecular genetic testing issues for the clinician
    Brian A. Clark, PhD, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2002, 69 (3) 239-242;

    A DNA test exists, but who should be tested?

Review

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    The B-type natriuretic peptide assay: A rapid test for heart failure
    W. Frank Peacock, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2002, 69 (3) 243-251;

    This 15-minute test is highly sensitive and fairly specific and is useful in evaluating suspected heart failure in outpatients and in emergency care.

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    How to use nesiritide in treating decompensated heart failure
    Roger M. Mills, MD and Robert E. Hobbs, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2002, 69 (3) 252-256;

    Nesiritide, a recombinant formulation of BNP, is the first new parenteral drug in more than a decade to be approved for treating heart failure.

1-Minute Consult

  • What is the best diagnostic approach when pheochromocytoma is suspected?
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    What is the best diagnostic approach when pheochromocytoma is suspected?
    Emmanuel L. Bravo, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2002, 69 (3) 257-258;

    First prove there is catecholamine overproduction, then obtain an MRI to locate the tumor.

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    What is the best way to determine if thrombocytopenia in a patient on multiple medications is drug-induced?
    Navneet S. Majhail, MD and Alan E. Lichtin, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2002, 69 (3) 259-262;

    The only way is to stop the suspected drug and see if the thrombocytopenia resolves. But how to avoid stopping needed drugs that are not a problem?

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Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine: 69 (3)
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Vol. 69, Issue 3
1 Mar 2002
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