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February 01, 2008; Volume 75,Issue 2

  1. Rifkin, Dena

    1. Should all patients with chronic kidney disease take a statin?
      Dena Rifkin, MD and Mark Sarnak, MD, MS
      Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2008, 75 (2) 118-120;

      Some patients should take a statin, particularly those not yet on dialysis who have low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels higher than 100 mg/dL. However, relatively few studies have addressed this question.

  2. Ruggieri, Paul M.

    1. Nephrogenic systemic fibrosis and its association with gadolinium exposure during MRI
      Naim Issa, MD, Emilio D. Poggio, MD, Richard A. Fatica, MD, Rajiv Patel, MD, Paul M. Ruggieri, MD and Robert J. Heyka, MD
      Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2008, 75 (2) 95-111;

      This debilitating disorder can lead to serious complications and death. In patients with renal dysfunction, we should use gadolinium-based imaging studies with caution.

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