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August 01, 2009; Volume 76,Issue 8
Hajjar, Victor
- You have accessDoes measuring natriuretic peptides have a role in patients with chronic kidney disease?Victor Hajjar, MD and Martin J. Schreiber, MDCleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2009, 76 (8) 476-478; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.76a.08065
Measuring them can help diagnose decompensated heart failure and predict the risk of death and hospitalization, but whether it helps in chronic kidney disease is unclear.
Hanouneh, Ibrahim A.
- You have accessA 35-year-old Asian man with jaundice and markedly high aminotransferase levelsIbrahim A. Hanouneh, MD, Rami Khoriaty, MD and Nizar N. Zein, MDCleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2009, 76 (8) 449-456; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.76a.08006
The patient acquired hepatitis B virus at birth and was never treated for it. What is his present infection status?