Index by author
February 01, 2006; Volume 73,Issue 2
Gill, Prabhacharan
- You have accessA hypertensive emergency in an obese young womanRaja Shekhar R. Sappati Biyyani, MD, Loren M. Kirchner, MD, MS, Anil C. Singh, MD, MPH and Prabhacharan Gill, MDCleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2006, 73 (2) 110-120;
She has headache, new-onset seizures, edema, and proteinuria; her blood pressure is 235/114 mm Hg and she weighs 256 lb. What is the diagnosis?
Goldman, Myla D.
- You have accessMultiple sclerosis: Treating symptoms, and other general medical issuesMyla D. Goldman, MD, Jeffrey A. Cohen, MD, Robert J. Fox, MD and Francois A. Bethoux, MDCleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2006, 73 (2) 177-186;
Disease-modifying therapies have been a big advance in multiple sclerosis, but many patients still experience a variety of symptoms that reduce quality of life. We have to treat the whole patient.
Gordon, Steven M.
- You have accessAn expanding skin lesion in a patient on immunosuppressive therapyMarc Williams, MD, Ravindran A. Padmanabhan, MD, MRCP (UK), Leonard H. Calabrese, DO and Steven M. Gordon, MDCleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2006, 73 (2) 170-171;
The lesion, originally diagnosed as pyoderma gangrenosum, now measures 15 cm × 6 cm. What should be the next step in management?