Index by author
May 01, 2007; Volume 74,Issue 5
Weitz, Howard H.
- You have accessShould all patients with acute pericarditis be treated with colchicine?Heath Saltzman, MD and Howard H. Weitz, MDCleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine May 2007, 74 (5) 385-386;
Colchicine should be considered a first-line treatment for acute pericarditis and for preventing recurrent episodes.
Widdess-walsh, Peter
- You have accessNeurologic effects of hyponatremia and its treatmentPeter Widdess-Walsh, MB, Vivek Sabharwal, MD, Sevag Demirjian, MD and Michael DeGeorgia, MDCleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine May 2007, 74 (5) 377-383;
Twenty-one days after surviving a hemorrhagic stroke, the patient develops new neurologic symptoms. A computed tomographic scan shows new cerebral edema. Her serum sodium concentration is 121 mmol/L.