Index by author

February 01, 2008; Volume 75, Issue 2

Preventing and managing diabetic complications in elderly patients
Thomas Hornick, MD and David C. Aron, MD, MS
- Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2008, 75 (2) 153-158;
- Elderly patients with diabetes are prone to a number of complications, some of which take precedence over, hinder, or preclude the intensive glucose control recommended for younger diabetic patients.

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.