Index by author
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Abeles, Aryeh
- You have accessPregabalin for fibromyalgia (April 2009)Micha Abeles, MD and Aryeh Abeles, MDCleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2009, 76 (8) 481; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm/76c/080001
Readers comment on an article on the use of pregabalin in fibromyalgia (April 2009).
Abeles, Micha
- You have accessPregabalin for fibromyalgia (April 2009)Micha Abeles, MD and Aryeh Abeles, MDCleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2009, 76 (8) 481; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm/76c/080001
Readers comment on an article on the use of pregabalin in fibromyalgia (April 2009).
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Buencamino, Maria Clarinda A.
- You have accessHow menopause affects oral health, and what we can do about itMaria Clarinda A. Buencamino, MD, Leena Palomo, DDS, MSD and Holly L. Thacker, MD, CDDCleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2009, 76 (8) 467-475; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.76a.08095
After menopause, women become more susceptible to periodontal disease. The problem may stem in large part from estrogen deficiency.
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Chu, Hung-Yi
- You have accessRecurrent pyelonephritis as a sign of ‘sponge kidney’Hung-Yi Chu, MD, Ming-Tso Yan, MD and Shih-Hua Lin, MDCleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2009, 76 (8) 479-480; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.76a.08110
Intravenous urography is the gold standard for the diagnosis of medullary sponge kidney. Computed tomography and ultrasonography have limited ability to clearly show tubular ectasia.
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Deodhar, Atul
- You have accessIn reply: Pregabalin for fibromyalgia (April 2009)Lauren Kim, MD, Sarah Lipton, MD and Atul Deodhar, MDCleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2009, 76 (8) 481-486; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm/76c/080002
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Gilligan, Timothy
- You have accessThe new data on prostate cancer screening: What should we do now?Timothy Gilligan, MD, MSCleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2009, 76 (8) 446-448; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.76a.09079
Does screening have a benefit? We have new data, but do we have the answer?
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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?
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Khoriaty, Rami
- 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?
Kim, Lauren
- You have accessIn reply: Pregabalin for fibromyalgia (April 2009)Lauren Kim, MD, Sarah Lipton, MD and Atul Deodhar, MDCleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2009, 76 (8) 481-486; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm/76c/080002
Klein, Eric A.
- You have accessWhat’s new in prostate cancer screening and prevention?Eric A. Klein, MDCleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2009, 76 (8) 439-445; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.76a.02009
Two large trials of screening with prostate-specific antigen measurements came to seemingly opposite conclusions. Furthermore, a large trial of selenium and vitamin E found that neither has value in preventing prostate cancer.
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Lewiecki, E. Michael
- You have accessManaging osteoporosis: Challenges and strategiesE. Michael Lewiecki, MDCleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2009, 76 (8) 457-466; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.76a.09019
To identify those at high risk of fracture, we can use the Fracture Risk Assessment Tool, or FRAX. Patients who are prescribed a drug must also be educated about how and why to take it.
Lin, Shih-Hua
- You have accessRecurrent pyelonephritis as a sign of ‘sponge kidney’Hung-Yi Chu, MD, Ming-Tso Yan, MD and Shih-Hua Lin, MDCleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2009, 76 (8) 479-480; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.76a.08110
Intravenous urography is the gold standard for the diagnosis of medullary sponge kidney. Computed tomography and ultrasonography have limited ability to clearly show tubular ectasia.
Lipton, Sarah
- You have accessIn reply: Pregabalin for fibromyalgia (April 2009)Lauren Kim, MD, Sarah Lipton, MD and Atul Deodhar, MDCleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2009, 76 (8) 481-486; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm/76c/080002
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Mandell, Brian F.
- You have accessThe internist, alphabet soup, and the hepatologistBrian F. Mandell, MD, PhDCleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2009, 76 (8) 438; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm/76a.08001
Given the widening spectrum of viral hepatitis types and clinical syndromes, prompt referral to and consultation with a hepatologist are in our patients’ best interests.
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Palomo, Leena
- You have accessHow menopause affects oral health, and what we can do about itMaria Clarinda A. Buencamino, MD, Leena Palomo, DDS, MSD and Holly L. Thacker, MD, CDDCleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2009, 76 (8) 467-475; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.76a.08095
After menopause, women become more susceptible to periodontal disease. The problem may stem in large part from estrogen deficiency.
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Schreiber, Martin J.
- 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.
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Thacker, Holly L.
- You have accessHow menopause affects oral health, and what we can do about itMaria Clarinda A. Buencamino, MD, Leena Palomo, DDS, MSD and Holly L. Thacker, MD, CDDCleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2009, 76 (8) 467-475; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.76a.08095
After menopause, women become more susceptible to periodontal disease. The problem may stem in large part from estrogen deficiency.
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Yan, Ming-Tso
- You have accessRecurrent pyelonephritis as a sign of ‘sponge kidney’Hung-Yi Chu, MD, Ming-Tso Yan, MD and Shih-Hua Lin, MDCleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2009, 76 (8) 479-480; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.76a.08110
Intravenous urography is the gold standard for the diagnosis of medullary sponge kidney. Computed tomography and ultrasonography have limited ability to clearly show tubular ectasia.
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Zein, Nizar N.
- 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?