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Kaw, Roop
- You have accessShould we routinely screen for hypercapnia in sleep apnea patients before elective noncardiac surgery?Babak Mokhlesi, MD, MSc, Leif Saager, MD and Roop Kaw, MDCleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2010, 77 (1) 60-61; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.77a.09105
Yes. Obesity hypoventilation syndrome is often undiagnosed and greatly increases perioperative risk.
Leonard, Mandy
- You have accessAcetaminophen: Old drug, new warningsAmy Schilling, PharmD, Rebecca Corey, PharmD, BCPS, Mandy Leonard, PharmD, BCPS and Bijan Eghtesad, MDCleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2010, 77 (1) 19-27; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.77a.09084
Often, patients overdose because they take more than one acetaminophen product and are unaware that both products contain the drug.
Mandell, Brian F.
- You have accessEvidence, limes, and cementBrian F. Mandell, MD, PhDCleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2010, 77 (1) 7; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm/77a.01001
Sometimes, the results of clinical trials do not immediately affect what physicians do because the results do not jibe with experience.
Mokhlesi, Babak
- You have accessShould we routinely screen for hypercapnia in sleep apnea patients before elective noncardiac surgery?Babak Mokhlesi, MD, MSc, Leif Saager, MD and Roop Kaw, MDCleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2010, 77 (1) 60-61; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.77a.09105
Yes. Obesity hypoventilation syndrome is often undiagnosed and greatly increases perioperative risk.
Orr, R. Douglas
- You have accessVertebroplasty, cognitive dissonance, and evidence-based medicine: What do we do when the ‘evidence’ says we are wrong?R. Douglas Orr, MDCleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2010, 77 (1) 8-11; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.77a.09146
Two recent trials call into question the efficacy of vertebroplasty for treating osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures and are leading many of us to question our assumptions about vertebroplasty.
Pasumarthy, Lakshmi S.
- You have accessAbdominal pain in a 20-year-old womanLakshmi S. Pasumarthy, MD, Duane E. Ahlbrandt, MD and James W. Srour, MDCleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2010, 77 (1) 45-50; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.77a.09067
Her body mass index is 18.7, and she has lost 20 lb despite a good appetite. What is the cause?
Saager, Leif
- You have accessShould we routinely screen for hypercapnia in sleep apnea patients before elective noncardiac surgery?Babak Mokhlesi, MD, MSc, Leif Saager, MD and Roop Kaw, MDCleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2010, 77 (1) 60-61; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.77a.09105
Yes. Obesity hypoventilation syndrome is often undiagnosed and greatly increases perioperative risk.
Schilling, Amy
- You have accessAcetaminophen: Old drug, new warningsAmy Schilling, PharmD, Rebecca Corey, PharmD, BCPS, Mandy Leonard, PharmD, BCPS and Bijan Eghtesad, MDCleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2010, 77 (1) 19-27; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.77a.09084
Often, patients overdose because they take more than one acetaminophen product and are unaware that both products contain the drug.
Sekeres, Mikkael A.
- You have accessMyelodysplastic syndromes: A practical approach to diagnosis and treatmentAfsaneh Barzi, MD and Mikkael A. Sekeres, MD, MSCleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2010, 77 (1) 37-44; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.77a.09069
The myelodysplastic syndromes are clonal bone marrow disorders that lead to underproduction of normal blood cells. Primary care physicians tend to be the first to identify the problem.
Srour, James W.
- You have accessAbdominal pain in a 20-year-old womanLakshmi S. Pasumarthy, MD, Duane E. Ahlbrandt, MD and James W. Srour, MDCleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2010, 77 (1) 45-50; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.77a.09067
Her body mass index is 18.7, and she has lost 20 lb despite a good appetite. What is the cause?