Index by author
Levin, Kerry
- You have accessIn reply: Myasthenia gravisYuebing Li, MD, PhD, Yeeshu Arora, MD and Kerry Levin, MDCleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2014, 81 (3) 145; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.81c.03004
Readers comment on problems with the definition of myocardial infarction (December 2013) and on the diagnosis of myasthenia gravis (November 2013).
Li, Yuebing
- You have accessIn reply: Myasthenia gravisYuebing Li, MD, PhD, Yeeshu Arora, MD and Kerry Levin, MDCleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2014, 81 (3) 145; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.81c.03004
Readers comment on problems with the definition of myocardial infarction (December 2013) and on the diagnosis of myasthenia gravis (November 2013).
Mandell, Brian F.
- You have accessNew practice guidelines: Constrained or enhanced by the evidence?Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhDCleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2014, 81 (3) 136-138; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.81b.03014
The new guidelines on cholesterol and hypertension are more evidence-based, but will they help improve outcomes?
Mehta, Shivan J.
- You have accessWhen are effective medications just too expensive?Shivan J. Mehta, MD, MBA and David A. Asch, MD, MBACleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2014, 81 (3) 173-175; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.81a.14010
Physicians may have been taught that it isn’t their job to think about costs—but they should.
Mossad, Sherif B.
- You have accessPrevention and treatment of influenza in the primary care officeDmitriy M. Golovyan, MD and Sherif B. Mossad, MDCleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2014, 81 (3) 189-199; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.81a.13159
Fewer than half of eligible US residents get vaccinated. Here is a review of the barriers and the new options.
Nally, Joseph V.
- You have accessNew hypertension guidelines: One size fits most?George Thomas, MD, MPH, Mehdi Shishehbor, DO, MPH, PhD, David Brill, DO and Joseph V. Nally, MDCleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2014, 81 (3) 178-188; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.81a.14003
The new report is more evidence-based and focused, outlining a strategy that is simpler and, in some instances, less aggressive.
Nazarian, Shaban
- You have accessIs hemoglobin A1c an accurate measure of glycemic control in all diabetic patients?Fateh Bazerbachi, MD, Shaban Nazarian, MD, Abdul Hamid Alraiyes, MD and M. Chadi Alraies, MDCleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2014, 81 (3) 146-149; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.81a.13147
Regard its values with suspicion, especially when they do not agree with the patient’s blood glucose levels.
O'shea, Robert
- You have accessHepatitis C virus: Here comes all-oral treatmentMohannad Dugum, MD and Robert O’shea, MDCleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2014, 81 (3) 159-172; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.81a.13155
Direct-acting antiviral drugs open the door for an all-oral regimen, potentially eliminating the need for interferon and thus avoiding its harsh side effects.
Seto, Arnold H.
- You have accessIn reply: Problems with myocardial infarction definitionsDavid M. Tehrani, MS and Arnold H. Seto, MD, MPACleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2014, 81 (3) 139-144; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.81c.03002
Readers comment on problems with the definition of myocardial infarction (December 2013) and on the diagnosis of myasthenia gravis (November 2013).
Shishehbor, Mehdi
- You have accessNew hypertension guidelines: One size fits most?George Thomas, MD, MPH, Mehdi Shishehbor, DO, MPH, PhD, David Brill, DO and Joseph V. Nally, MDCleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2014, 81 (3) 178-188; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.81a.14003
The new report is more evidence-based and focused, outlining a strategy that is simpler and, in some instances, less aggressive.