Table of Contents
October 01, 2004; Volume 71, Issue 10-
From the Editor
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Tight inpatient glucose control: Why didn’t we think of this before?
John D. Clough, MD- Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine October 2004, 71 (10) 767;
Standardized algorithms to manage chronic diseases such as diabetes in the hospital should get more patients out of the hospital alive.
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1-Minute Consult
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Which adults with acute diarrhea should be evaluated?
Thomas Helton, DO and David D.K. Rolston, MD- Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine October 2004, 71 (10) 778-785;
Data are scarce, but certain factors call for a more detailed evaluation.
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Review
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Dementia with Lewy bodies: Diagnosis and clinical approach
David S. Geldmacher, MD- Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine October 2004, 71 (10) 789-800;
Not all dementia is Alzheimer disease: dementia with Lewy bodies is the second most common cause, and the distinction may matter.
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Hospital management of diabetes: Beyond the sliding scale
Etie Moghissi, MD- Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine October 2004, 71 (10) 801-808;
Tight glucose control has been shown to improve clinical outcomes in hospitalized patients. The challenge now is implementation.
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Im Board Review
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A construction worker with recent confusion, disorientation, and somnolence
James K. Stoller, MD, Nolan McMullin, MD and John Queen, MD- Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine October 2004, 71 (10) 809-814;
What is the cause of this patient’s symptoms: the bump on the head he received at work, or his “occasional” drinking?
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Review
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Drug-eluting stents: The beginning of the end of restenosis?
Cameron Haery, MD, Ravish Sachar, MD and Stephen G. Ellis, MD- Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine October 2004, 71 (10) 815-824;
Drug-eluting stents are here, and they are better than ordinary stents. But how much better?
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Editorial
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Drug-eluting stents are here—now what? Implications for clinical practice and health care costs
John W. Hirshfeld Jr., MD and Robert L. Wilensky, MD- Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine October 2004, 71 (10) 825-828;
Many clinical and economic questions remain concerning how to apply these new stents.
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Review
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Treating osteoporosis in postmenopausal women: A case approach
Michael I. Keller, MD- Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine October 2004, 71 (10) 829-837;
We now have several agents of different classes for treating postmenopausal osteoporosis. In this paper, a case report serves as the focus for a discussion of the risk factors for postmenopausal osteoporosis and of the available therapies.
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