Table of Contents

March 01, 2013; Volume 80, Issue 3
  • From the Editor

      • Introducing two new deputy editors

        Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD
        • Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2013, 80 (3) 137;
        • DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.80b.03013
        • Women’s health expert Pelin Batur, MD and hospitalist James Pile, MD join the Journal staff, replacing Tim Gilligan, MD.

  • The Clinical Picture

      • Giant inverted T waves

        Surabhi Madhwal, MD, Vijaiganesh Nagarajan, MD, MRCP, FACP and Donald A. Underwood, MD
        • Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2013, 80 (3) 138-139;
        • DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.80a.11139
        • A 48-year-old man has large, inverted T waves in the lateral and midprecordial leads. What is the cause?

      • Sore throat, odynophagia, hoarseness, and a muffled, high-pitched voice

        Cong J. Li, MD and Paul Aronowitz, MD, FACP
        • Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2013, 80 (3) 144-145;
        • DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.80a.12056
        • When this patient presents to the emergency department, what does his radiograph show?

  • Review

      • Cervical cancer screening: What’s new and what’s coming?

        Xian Wen Jin, MD, PhD, FACP, Laura Lipold, MD, Margaret McKenzie, MD and Andrea Sikon, MD, FACP
        • Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2013, 80 (3) 153-160;
        • DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.80a.12092
        • In their 2012 guidelines, several organizations call for less-frequent but more-effective screening that incorporates testing for human papillomavirus.

      • Frailty in older adults: Implications for end-of-life care

        Katalin Koller, MD, FRCP and Kenneth Rockwood, MD, FRCPC, FRCP
        • Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2013, 80 (3) 168-174;
        • DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.80a.12100
        • By recognizing and measuring frailty, clinicians can better engage patients and their loved ones in difficult discussions about prognoses and plans, and can ultimately give better palliative care.

      • Septic shock: The initial moments and beyond

        Simon W. Lam, PharmD, Seth R. Bauer, PharmD and Jorge A. Guzman, MD
        • Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2013, 80 (3) 175-184;
        • DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.80a.12002
        • Evidence-based protocols have improved the outcomes of septic shock. The authors review the evidence.

  • Personalizing Patient Care

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        A 67-year old man with an abdominal aortic aneurysm

        Allison LaBoon, MD and Tara Marie Mastracci, MD, MSc, FRCSC
        • Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2013, 80 (3) 161-167;
        • DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.80a.12156
        • Who should be screened, what is the benefit, and how should patients found to have an aneurysm be treated?

  • Departments

      • Emergency contraception (November 2012)

        Chris Kahlenborn, MD and Walter B. Severs, PhD, FCP
        • Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2013, 80 (3) 185;
        • DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.80c.03001
        • Readers comment on emergency contraception (November 2012), adrenal masses (December 2012), and the use of statins for primary prevention in women (December 2012).

      • In Reply: Emergency contraception (November 2012)

        Pelin Batur, MD, FACP, NCMP
        • Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2013, 80 (3) 185-186;
        • DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.80c.03002
        • Readers comment on emergency contraception (November 2012), adrenal masses (December 2012), and the use of statins for primary prevention in women (December 2012).

      • Bilateral adrenal masses (December 2012)

        Maya Estephan, MD and Justin Moore, MD
        • Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2013, 80 (3) 186-187;
        • DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.80c.03003
        • Readers comment on emergency contraception (November 2012), adrenal masses (December 2012), and the use of statins for primary prevention in women (December 2012).

      • Sex, statins, and diabetes (December 2012)

        Holly L. Thacker, MD, FACP, NCMP, CCD
        • Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2013, 80 (3) 187;
        • DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.80c.03004
        • Readers comment on emergency contraception (November 2012), adrenal masses (December 2012), and the use of statins for primary prevention in women (December 2012).

      • In Reply: Sex, statins, and diabetes (December 2012)

        Michael Rocco, MD
        • Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2013, 80 (3) 187-189;
        • DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.80c.03005
        • Readers comment on emergency contraception (November 2012), adrenal masses (December 2012), and the use of statins for primary prevention in women (December 2012).

      • Reviewers 2012

        • Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2013, 80 (3) 150;