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November 01, 2013; Volume 80,Issue 11
Lacy, Martha Q.
- You have accessA 66-year-old woman with an enlarged tongueJorge A. Brenes-Salazar, MD, Martha Grogan, MD and Martha Q. Lacy, MDCleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2013, 80 (11) 696-697; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.80a.13028
Eventually, she was diagnosed with multiple myeloma and cardiac amyloidosis.
Lansang, M. Cecilia
- You have accessHow should we manage insulin therapy before surgery?Georgiana A. Dobri, MD and M. Cecilia Lansang, MD, MPHCleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2013, 80 (11) 702-704; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.80a.13055
Continuing at least part of the basal insulin is reasonable, but prandial insulin should be stopped the morning of surgery.
Levin, Kerry
- You have accessMyasthenia gravis: Newer therapies offer sustained improvementYuebing Li, MD, PhD, Yeeshu Arora, MD and Kerry Levin, MDCleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2013, 80 (11) 711-721; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.80a.13044
The prognosis has dramatically improved; the death rate used to be 75%, now it is 4.5%.
Li, Yuebing
- You have accessMyasthenia gravis: Newer therapies offer sustained improvementYuebing Li, MD, PhD, Yeeshu Arora, MD and Kerry Levin, MDCleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2013, 80 (11) 711-721; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.80a.13044
The prognosis has dramatically improved; the death rate used to be 75%, now it is 4.5%.