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Table of Contents

December 01, 2011; Volume 78,Issue 12

From the Editor

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    Quality, frailty, and common sense
    Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2011, 78 (12) 777; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.78b.11012

    Ideal management of the frail elder with severe congestive heart failure is not always a matter of devices and drugs.

Im Board Review

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    A 25-year-old man with very high alkaline phosphatase
    Jamak Modaresi Esfeh, MD, Ibrahim A. Hanouneh, MD and Nizar N. Zein, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2011, 78 (12) 793-800; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.78a.10166

    He has generalized malaise, a palpably enlarged liver, and an alkaline phosphatase level of 1,307 U/L. What is the cause?

The Clinical Picture

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    A less common source of dyspnea in scleroderma
    Faysal Altahawi and M. Chadi Alraies, MD, FACP
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2011, 78 (12) 801-802; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.78a.11014

    A 48-year-old man with scleroderma reports progressive shortness of breath, fatigue, and melena over the past month. What is the link?

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    Presumed premature ventricular contractions
    Moises Auron, MD and Donald Underwood, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2011, 78 (12) 812-814; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.78a.10155

    The electrocardiogram shows what appear to be premature ventricular contractions. But are they?

Im Board Review

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    A 54-year-old woman with pancytopenia
    Andrew D. Timothy, DO, MS, Armin Jegalian, MD, PhD and Alan E. Lichtin, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2011, 78 (12) 815-820; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.78a.11061

    Her red blood cell, white blood cell, and platelet counts are all low. What is the cause?

Review

  • Essential tremor: Choosing the right management plan for your patient
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    Essential tremor: Choosing the right management plan for your patient
    Hesham Abboud, MD, Anwar Ahmed, MD and Hubert H. Fernandez, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2011, 78 (12) 821-828; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.78a.10178

    Successful management entails excluding secondary causes, carefully selecting drug therapy, and, in severe resistant or atypical cases, referring to a specialist.

Current Drug Therapy

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    Bioidentical hormone therapy: Clarifying the misconceptions
    Lynn Pattimakiel, MD, NCMP and Holly L. Thacker, MD, FACP, NCMP
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2011, 78 (12) 829-836; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.78a.10114

    Many women are turning to bioidentical hormone therapy on the basis of misconceptions, which we hope to clarify.

Review

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    Heart failure in frail, older patients: We can do ‘MORE’
    Renato V. Samala, MD, Viviana Navas, MD, Emily Saluke, BS and Jerry O. Ciocon, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2011, 78 (12) 837-845; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.78a.11085

    A comprehensive approach is necessary in managing heart failure in frail older adults. Physicians need to draw from the fields of internal medicine, geriatrics, and cardiology.

Departments

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    Index to Volume 78
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2011, 78 (12) 780-784;
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    The negative U wave in the setting of demand ischemia (August 2011)
    Promporn Suksaranjit, MD, Wisit Cheungpasitporn, MD, Edward F. Bischof, MD and Herbert Marx, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2011, 78 (12) 785; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.78c:12003

    Readers comment on negative U waves (August 2011) and on dabigatran (October 2011).

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    In reply: The negative U wave in the setting of demand ischemia (August 2011)
    Sridhar Venkatachalam, MD, MRCP and Curtis M. Rimmerman, MD, MBA
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2011, 78 (12) 785; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.78c:12004
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    Dabigatran (October 2011)
    Van Smith, MD, FACP
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2011, 78 (12) 787; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.78c.12001

    Readers comment on negative U waves (August 2011) and on dabigatran (October 2011).

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    In reply: Dabigatran (October 2011)
    Siddharth A. Wartak, MD and John R. Bartholomew, MD, FACC
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2011, 78 (12) 787; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.78c.12002
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    Correction
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2011, 78 (12) 787; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.78c.12005

    An error appeared in Induru RR, Lagman RL. Managing cancer pain: frequently asked questions. Cleve Clin J Med 2011; 78:449–464.

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