Index by author
May 01, 2008; Volume 75, Issue 5-
How safe are erythropoiesis-stimulating agents?
Alan E. Lichtin, MD- Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine May 2008, 75 (5) 359-360;
The year 2007 was a rough one for these agents, and the story is far from over.
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Perioperative management of bariatric surgery patients: Focus on metabolic bone disease
Susan E. Williams, MD, MS, RD, CNSP, CCD, Karen Cooper, DO, Bradford Richmond, MD and Philip Schauer, MD- Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine May 2008, 75 (5) 333-349;
Obese people are at risk of low bone mass to begin with, and bariatric surgery increases the risk. Primary care physicians play an important role in their preventive care.
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‘Blood will have blood’
Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD- Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine May 2008, 75 (5) 327;
Why should more patients die when hemoglobin levels are normalized with erythropoiesis-stimulating agents? It could be another case of “messing with Mother Nature.”
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Hematuria evaluation (March 2008)
Don Fernandez, MD- Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine May 2008, 75 (5) 328;
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Acute facial purpura in an 82-year-old woman with a respiratory tract infection
Sergio Vañó-Galván, MD and Ernesto Muñoz-Zato, MD- Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine May 2008, 75 (5) 352;
The lesions appeared suddenly and spontaneously and were not associated with trauma. What is the most likely diagnosis?
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An elderly woman with shortness of breath
Esther S.H. Kim, MD, MPH, Richard Krasuski, MD and Heather L. Gornik, MD, MHS- Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine May 2008, 75 (5) 362-366;
Her dyspnea started about 6 months ago and has recently worsened. What is the cause?
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Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: A link to statin therapy? (March 2008)
Mark R. Goldstein, MD, Luca Mascitelli, MD and Francesca Pezzetta, MD- Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine May 2008, 75 (5) 328-329;
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An elderly woman with shortness of breath
Esther S.H. Kim, MD, MPH, Richard Krasuski, MD and Heather L. Gornik, MD, MHS- Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine May 2008, 75 (5) 362-366;
Her dyspnea started about 6 months ago and has recently worsened. What is the cause?
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In reply: Hematuria evaluation (March 2008)
J. Stephen Jones, MD and Pravin Kumar Rao, MD- Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine May 2008, 75 (5) 328;
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Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura: 2008 Update
Mark A. Crowther, MD and James N. George, MD- Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine May 2008, 75 (5) 369-375;
This is one of the few hematologic emergencies. Untreated, most patients die, but prompt treatment allows most patients not only to survive but to recover.
